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Planet Fitness partners up with iFit. Dr. Jenn - How to Balance Peloton and Tonal Congrats to our Tonal winner - Tania Meeks! Matty Magiacomo and Oliva Amato launch a Beginner Strength program. Law.com writes about future Tread lawsuits. Morning Brew talks about what Peloton's pivot means for their future marketing. Freight Waves digs into the logistical costs of the recall. Forbes covers Twitter's reaction to the recall. Does having a Tread affect your home owner's insurance? Why is the Washington Post on the Peloton leaderboard? Looper looks at the latest song used in a Peloton commercial. Angelo joins us with tips for meal prepping. Emma Lovewell discusses staying motivated on New England news. Alex Toussaint had a Bike+ delivered. Pop Sugar talks to Robin Arzon about setting goals. Wish Matty Maggiacomo a happy birthday on May 16! All this plus our interview with Karen Ready! Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Here’s How » Join The Clip Out community today: theclipout.com The Clip Out Facebook The Clip Out Twitter The Clip Out Instagram

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Open the Book of Cabot Cove and unleash an episode of Biblical proportions! That's right we are going back to paradise to learn and preach the theology of JB Fletcher. This is our fourth installment of this series and this time we study Season 4, Episode 7: "If It's Thursdays, It Must Be Beverly." So get ready to go to the beauty shop, reunite with Evie Simpson, hear about naughty kitties, Lotharios, Salmon mousse and of course, God herself. We are taking you back to the church of Angela Lansbury so hop on your bike, confess your sins and PRAY. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

China Tells Japan, “If It's Safe, Drink It.” That story and more on H2O Radio’s weekly news report about water. Headlines: Japan announced it will gradually release wastewater from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean, sparking criticism. A simple solution for sea level rise is being thrown away. There's white paint—and then there's "new ultra-white paint"—and it can cool buildings by eight degrees Fahrenheit. A pair of college students hopes to restore sand to Louisiana's coastline, bottle by bottle. This floating hotel not only rotates, but in the process, also generates its own electricity.

AEW Dynamite Ratings this week were the highest they have been since the 2nd week of they were on TNT. With the good news, how does All Elite Wrestling now maintain and grow the audience? A lot of criticism is there regarding booking, rankings and too many factions. Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 1:00 - Sometimes The Booking Feels Rushed 5:05 - Focus on Stars on a Weekly Basis 6:29 - Use Competitive Matches Effectively on Dynamite 11:05 - Use Your One of Your Biggest Assets More... 12:21 - Don't Do This Every Single Segment 16:26 - If It's Important Enough, It Should Be on Dynamite 16:59 - Rankings! 21:49 - Book the Next Goldberg Streak Get 10% Off SCPB Merch with promo code "SCPB10": https://bit.ly/3cePrEm If you love pro wrestling click this link: https://bit.ly/2LTeY8C Listen to our podcast on: iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/squared-circle-psychobabble-professional-wrestling/id1429955052 Stitcher - https://stitcher.com/podcast/squared-circle-psychobabble Podbean - https://scpbpodcast.podbean.com TuneIn - https://tunein.com/podcasts/Wrestling/Squared-Circle-Psychobabble-p1149058/ Google - https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Im7h6djiyubykcjel32aushhada Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/scpbpodcast Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SCPBPodcast Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scpbpodcast/

According To Isaac Newton, If It's Up Is It REALLY Stuck? Feat. Lynette Elouise Hey, Y’all! In this episode, Pennie updates you a little bit on what she’s been up to. She also introduces you to he dear friend Lynette Elouise. On this episode of the Elouise Show, we talk about all things For Your Thoughts Pod & Attachment Styles. Y’all know attachment styles are one of Pennie’s favorite topics. Dive in, love y’all! Link To Youtube Visual: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-KcGq8YzUM Lynette's IG: https://www.instagram.com/lynetteelouise/?hl=en

In which we discuss disrupted airwaves, broken brunette detectives, identical twin supremacy, Wesley PrincessBride’s misogyny, dream-induced anatomy math with Digs, and Irish Catholic MILFS. If It’s You, It’s Ok Single Target Sexuality Always Identical Twins Twincest My Name is Inigo Montoya Betty and Veronica Betty and Veronica Switch Stray Dog TikTok Bed Wed Behead provided by: @atomanelli Email us at genreblindpodcast@gmail.com Follow us! @genreblindpodcast @anniedtart @mementomortsafe @aleigh37154 @betweenstageandscreenpodcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/genre-blind/support

Russ talks with Lou Liberatore , a Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Award nominee for his portrayal of “Larry” alongside John Malkovich and Joan Allen in Lanford Wilson’s BURN THIS. Lou made his Broadway debut in William M. Hoffman’s groundbreaking play, AS IS, the first play about the AIDS crisis to premiere on the Great White Way. Both plays were directed by Marshall W. Mason and were developed at the award winning Circle Repertory Company where Lou proudly called home, first as an intern after graduating from Fordham University (Lincoln Center) and eventually as a full fledged company member.  TV and Film acting credits include; “The Good Wife”, “Nurse Jackie”, “Sex and the City”, “Law & Order”, “Who’s The Boss?”, “Tales of the City”, Blood From A Stoner, Mary & Louise, Box, It’s My Party, Rosen’sSon, Honey, I Shrunk the Audience (Epcot), Original Sin, She Was Marked for Murder, Op-Center, Combat High, Marked for Murder, If It’s Tuesday It Still Must Be Belgium, “One Life to Live”, “Guiding Light” and “Another World”. TV Directing credits include “Water with Lemon” (Pilot). Lou is a lifetime member of the Ensemble Studio Theatre in New York, where he proudly serves as Co-Chair of the Membership Council. He has studied with the legendary acting teacher William Esper.    TIME STAMPS [00: Links IMDB Lou Liberatore https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0508789/ (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0508789/) Ensemble Studio Theatre https://www.ensemblestudiotheatre.org/lou-liberatore (https://www.ensemblestudiotheatre.org/lou-liberatore) Links to Russ on YouTube and his Websites https://linktr.ee/russcamarda (https://linktr.ee/russcamarda) Russ Movies https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2137381/ (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2137381/) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2414886/ (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2414886/) http://www.russcamarda.com/ (http://www.russcamarda.com) http://tagstudiony.com/ (http://tagstudiony.com) Production partners https://idunleashed.com/ (https://idunleashed.com) Support this podcast

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The Music Featured On This Weeks Episode Is From The Following Albums: Ritch Henderson – Who Are You?, The Semblance On Movin’ On, The Incarceration Song & If It’s Only For Tonight (Singles) (2019/2020) Casper Allen – The Magnolia Sessions (2021) Matt Heckler – Blood, Water, Coal (2021) Just Behind The Creek: Field Recording At […]

In Part Two of our House Rules episode, Michelle continues on the theme of “If It’s Not in Writing, It Doesn’t Exist.” Here inside your House Rules, you need to put it all down in writing to protect your assets! This is an episode you may want to take notes on, then head over to the NEW WEBSITE, www.BNB-Boss.com , for some great free informational downloads and our Limited Time $7 Courses! Save hundreds right now and give us a try! Plus, contest details are inside this episode! Enter to win!! Go and Grow!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/STRRevenuePodcast)

In today’s episode, Michelle continues on the theme of “If It’s Not in Writing, It Doesn’t Exist.” Everything has to be in writing in order to have Airbnb, or any hosting site, for that matter, side with you in a discrepancy. Where should it be in writing? Why, inside your House Rules, of course!! This is an episode you may want to take notes on, then head over to the NEW WEBSITE, www.BNB-Boss.com , for some great free informational downloads and our Limited Time $7 Courses! Save hundreds right now and give us a try! Plus, contest details are inside this episode! Enter to win!! Go and Grow!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/STRRevenuePodcast)

Tempo 124 bpm @ 宀   Still in the soulful disco vibe, very melodic and levelling at 124 bpm for a couple of sets.   There is a quasi-esoteric debate on the House scene, whether the natural tempo of house is 4 to the floor and 122 bpm or 4 to the floor and 124 bpm. We like our house served between 124 and 126, neither too chilled nor too spicy. You’ll be the judge!   Tribute to the 宀 Club, so underground/cool it hasn’t got a name!! One of the 2 or 3 clubs for strictly HouseHeadz in Hong Kong. A clubbers' club! It is also a library, a design place. Unique and run by amazing people. (to be pronounced “mihn” but shssssh)   https://www.mihn.hk   Dropped a lot of Sebb Junior tracks lately, let's give him a give him a plug. Sebb Junior is a French House music DJ Producer based in Spain, founder of the label La Vie d'Artiste Music & resident DJ on Beachgrooves Radio in Marbella. Into music since the early 90s with his roots into Hip Hop culture, Sebb has been making waves in the House Music scene since 2015, with his soul-infused cut and paste sample tracks and releases. Talent!   https://www.facebook.com/sebbjunior/ https://www.beatport.com/artist/sebb-junior/466995 https://www.traxsource.com/artist/227146/sebb-junior https://soundcloud.com/sebb_junior https://open.spotify.com/artist/0oP6v3SuOC5jPc5pGUQdsD   Playlist:   2012 Yesterday's Gone (Sundrop Mix). Spiritchaser 2019 Real Life (Sebb Junior Remix). Blakey, Sebb Junior 2020 Gypsy Woman (DJ Vartan & Techcrasher Remix). Maurizio Basilotta, DiscoVer., DJ Vartan, Techcrasher 2020 Show Me Love (Jolyon Petch's Elektrik Disko Club Mix) [Qtπ That Feeling Edit]. Jolyon Petch, Robin S, Elektrik Disko 2020 Bring Me Up (Extended Mix) [Qtπ Muzik Loop Edit]. Low Steppa 2020 Switched On (Michael Gray Remix) [Qtπ Muzik Loop Edit]. Glen Horsborough, Ida Flo, Michael Gray 2020 Hallelujah (Joshwa Remix vs. Sebb Junior Extended Remix) [Qtπ That Feeling Edit]. David Penn, Kevin McKay, Joshwa (UK), Sebb Junior 2020 Get to Me Once (Mike Millrain Remix). Matt Early, Ray Hurley, Abi Flynn, Mike Millrain 2020 I Had a Dream (Mannix Primetime Dub). Fabiolous Barker, Mannix Kling 2020 Move Me (Original Mix). J Paul Getto, Tim Serra 2019 Breath Life (CPEN Remix). Saison, Cpen 2020 Lifting Me Up (Extended Mix) [Qtπ Added Pads Edit]. Andrey Exx, D-Vision 2020 If It's Love (Extended Mix) [Qtπ When House Was Young Edit]. Mark Knight, Laura Davie, The Melody Men 2019 You Change My World (FAM Disco Remix vs. Jamie Lewis Classic Vocal Mix) [Qtπ When House Was Edit}. Jamie Lewis, Marc Evans, FAM Disco 2014 Just Be Good to Me (Original Mix) [Qtπ When House Was Young Edit]. Samuele Sartini, eSquire 2020 Raise It Up (Micky More & Andy Tee Disco Mix) [Qtπ When House Was Young Edit]. Dutchican Soul, Karmina Dai, Mr. V, Micky More, Andy Tee 2019 Down My Way (Original Mix). Sebb Junior   Hope you like it   A bientôt   Xtian & Qtπ

And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid. For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet: The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs. And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs. And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter. And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed. (Mark 7:24-30) 18 When the little girl died, Jairus’ daughter, the priest, said, “Come lay hands on her, and she’ll live.” But when the Roman centurion, the Gentile, said. “I’m not worthy You come under my roof, speak the word.” That’s it. See? 19 The Syrophoenician woman, Greek actually what she was, when she—when Jesus said to her, said, “It’s not meet for Me to take the children’s bread and give it to the dogs.” She said, “That’s true, Lord; but the dogs under the table eats the children’s crumbs.” He said, “For this saying, the devil’s left your daughter.” Say good things then. Say something good about somebody. Talk about Jesus. Say something loyal, something real. That’s the way to get rid of devils. He never said—He never prayed for the girl. He never said one thing about her being healed; He just said, “For this saying, for this saying…” 20 Hattie Wright, the other day, she didn’t ask for nothing. She was just setting there, but she said the right thing, which pleased the Holy Spirit. And the Holy Spirit spoke back and said, “Hattie, ask anything that you will, whatever you got and you want. Find out whether this is real or not. Ask anything (the healing of her little crippled sister setting there all drawed up; ten thousand dollars to keep her from digging on them hills over there; the youth restored to her well run-down body); whatever you want to ask, you ask it right now. If It don’t come and give it to you right now, then I’m a false prophet.” That’s—that’s that’s something, isn’t it? 21 Jesus said, “Say to this mountain…” And you’ve heard the—about what’s been taken place; that’s the ministry that we’re entering into. We’re way up the road now. Soon the Coming of the Lord Jesus. And we’ve got to have rapturing faith in a Church that can be changed in a moment in a twinkling of an eye to go out, or we’ll not go. But don’t worry, it’ll be there. It’ll be there. And when the power of this church rises, it’ll bring its brethren; the power of that church rises, will bring its brethren; the power of that church will bring the other brethren; then there’ll be a general resurrection. And we’re looking forward to it. 59-1219 - "Questions And Answers On The Holy Ghost" Rev. William Marrion Branham ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Order your own copy of the Family Altar at http://store.bibleway.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Appreciate what we do? Consider supporting us: https://anchor.fm/ten-thousand-worlds/support --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ten-thousand-worlds/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ten-thousand-worlds/support

1 Thank You Falletin Me Be Mice Elf Agin Junior Mance 04:20 With A Lotta Help From My Friends 2 God Is Real Lee Fields & The Expressions 03:20 It Rains Love 3 Something Is Missing Holmes Brothers 03:14 Feed My Soul 4 Destination: Anywhere The Marvelettes 02:41 The Complete Motown Singles, Vol. 8: 1968 5 D D Dennis - Women and Money D D Dennis 03:22 Divine Madness....Definitely 6 Nothing But The Truth Ann Hodge 02:31 A Deep Dip Into Memphis Soul 7 Pull Me Out Of The Water Charles Smith 02:19 Ashes To Ashes '72 8 If It's Good To You Barbara & The Browns 02:32 Sounds Of Memphis 709 9 Wrap It Up Sam & Dave 02:26 I Thank You 10 Just Not Ready The Exciters 02:19 Mama's Got A Bag Of Her Own 11 Viva Tirado Fania All-Stars 05:24 Latin-Soul-Rock 12 Harry Hippie Bobby Womack 03:55 It's All Over Now 13 Su Suzy Quantic & Alice Russell With The Combo Barbaro 05:05 Look Around The Corner 14 Just Because War 04:13 Outlaw 15 04. Believe copy Black Merda 04:31 Believe 16 Old Songs Betty Wright & The Roots 05:40 Betty Wright: The Movie 17 Pusherman (Alternate Mix With Horns) Curtis Mayfield 06:10 Superfly (2CD Special Edition) 18 Mr. Money Man Sister Carol 03:54 RootsMan Showcase 94 19 Ojoro Dele Sosimi 09:30 Identity 20 Get It How You Live The Hot 8 Brass Band 06:40 On the Spot 21 I Can't Breathe [feat. Mocean Worker] Marcus Miller 05:10 Afrodeezia 22 Shake It Up, Shake It Down (feat. Rickey Calloway) Will Sessions 06:55 Deluxe 23 No Man Worries Martha High & Speedometer 03:35 Soul Overdue 24 Wind Your Clock Naomi Davis 05:06 Let the Groove Move You 25 Old School Nils Landgren Funk Unit 04:43 Unbreakable 26 Fopp Ohio Players 03:55 Honey 27 Flunky For Your Love Pieces Of Peace 03:08 Pieces Of Peace 28 Pain And Misery The Teskey Brothers 04:02 Half Mile Harvest

I’ve been thinking a lot about marketing again. I didn’t really want to – but a Patreon asked, and look, that’s the best way to get my attention. Ask a question and I can’t stop thinking about it. Here’s the basic premise. If IT services has been talking about “sucking” at sales and marketing for 15… 20… years now, how come no one has fixed this?  

At the end of the day, it all comes down to how much you know.  Then it's a matter of how much you help someone else understand your knowledge.  Because education is generally the most powerful tool when paired with the right amount of execution. If It's all backed up by the perfect set of supporting skills, it's almost guaranteed you'll have a gigantic advantage.   Joe Brunsman, Vice President of Chesapeake Professional Liability Brokers, talks about the thousands of hours he's put in to always have an answer.  

In this episode, Mike discusses why calorie and macro calculators may be leading you astray. What are the major shortcomings of these tools? How do we use that information to our advantage? This episode will break it all down!If you want to improve your body composition and relationship with food in the most sustainable and enjoyable way possible... the Fat Loss Freedom workshop is now available for instant and lifetime access for only $27!Join the Fat Loss Freedom workshop!Tap here to register!------------------------------------------------Click here to apply for coaching!To understand the secrets to longterm success and your own individual needs, download the audio version of The Personality Diet.Get your copy here!!For some amazing resources and to be a part of a badass community, join our FB group HEREThe FREE personality assessment is now available online! Click here to take the assessment and find out what your personality tells us about the way you should be training and eating.Take the assessment here!To learn more about Neurotyping, visit www.neurotypetraining.comFollow Mike on IG at @coach_mike_millnerLearn more about POP at www.peakoptimizationperformance.com

Summer Dowell is an author of fun, feel-good chick lits and romantic comedies that will brighten your day. She lives in Southern California where she spends her days keeping her six energetic children alive and doing massive loads of laundry. Summer loves to fit in writing during her free time where she brings to life all the sarcasm and humor that none of her family fully appreciates. She released her first book of The Wedding Business series, If It's Perfect, in October 2020, and now she's working on her next book, It’s Just Business. The rom com series followings three friends working in the wedding industry. You can find Summer on her website, as well as FB, IG, Pinterest, Amazon author, and BookBub.

On this episode Chris Reiter & Chris Bazemore welcome, Comedian Espi Rivadeneira and they start off discussing the effects of Talkin’ Shit, and if you should believe a shit talker. For DEEP DIVE segment they discuss “The Patriarchy In Terms Of A Relationship” and try to answer questions like “When Did It Begin?”, and “What Are The Cultural Aspects Of It?”. We all share the importance of separation in a relationship. We round out the first part of the show, by asking “If It’s Ok To Cry As A Man?” During the SEARCH HISTORIES portion, we have the pleasure to go through some YouTube searches as well and Someone has to explain why they looked up “How Long Can You Go To Jail For Stealing Organs?”, and “Did They Masturbate In Medieval Times”. Chris Reiter also shares the story of when he was maced in this very wild and thought provoking episode.LISTEN LAUGH ENJOY RATE and SUBSCRIBE.Host: Chris Bazemore @chrisbazemore_ and Chris Reiter @Christopherthecomic Guest: Espi Rivadeneira @espionage921YouTube: I Can Explain That Podcast Audio Available Everywhere!!!

In the last of our replays, we look back to our 15th February 2020 episode titled A Leader’s Role in Removing Frustrations. We're back next week with a brand new episode. I look forward to speaking with you then. ummary Aaarrgghhh! This week we look at the leader’s role in removing frustrations.     Transcript   Hello and welcome to episode 66 of the Leadership Today podcast where each week we tackle one of today’s biggest leadership challenges. This week we look at a leader’s role in removing frustrations.    When you think about the role of a leader, it’s easy to focus primarily on their ability to manage upside potential. That upside potential might include providing meaning and purpose, clarifying roles and expectations, and providing development opportunities. We tend to first focus on the leader’s ability to tap into the motivation of their people. Each of these areas are really important, however an equally important and often overlooked part of leadership is reducing the things that get in the way of performance. That includes removing frustrations and other barriers to success for individuals and teams.    Let’s take IT as an example. As I work with a broad range of organisations it always amazes me the variety of IT setups people end up using ranging from cutting edge through to museum-grade antiques. Even when things look brilliant to me as an outsider, few people rave about their IT systems. However I’ve heard plenty of complaints about long boot up times, tricky remote login processes, slow response times, clunky data entry, and systems that don’t speak to one another. As the technology we use at home continues to leap forward, people have increasingly high expectations of the technology they interact with at work. And if the technology gets in the way of delivering work, it quickly impacts job satisfaction. In fact a study released just this month shows that workplace IT satisfaction accounts for 38 percent of the variance in job satisfaction. If IT is getting in the way for your people, there’s a high chance that it’s impacting the way they experience their job and the organisation.   Broader research on frustrations at work beyond just IT demonstrates a clear link to the risk of burnout. This is particularly the case when people see their frustrations impacting clients and customers. Recently I made a simple purchase of one item and watched as a great employee who had been really helpful wrestled with the point of sale system. While they remained professional, the frustration for them was real. What should have taken less than a minute stretched on for several minutes as more customers joined the queue. It’s easy to see how working with that system day after day would impact an otherwise motivated and engaged employee, particularly when that person cared about providing a great experience for customers.   And it’s not just about that employee - research also shows a link between frustrations and negative work behaviours such as aggression towards coworkers. What frustrates the individual ripples through the organisation. If people aren’t being civil to each other in your organisation, I can almost guarantee there are unresolved frustrations.   Research suggests there are three conditions that magnify the impact of frustrations:  When they don’t feel heard about the frustrations and their impacts When they don’t feel a sense of control over the frustrations When they feel isolated - like they’re the only ones having a problem   Leaders are the ones best positioned to help with these three conditions.   Here are a few tips when seeking to reduce and remove frustrations for your people: Accept that frustrations are normal - there’s no such thing as a completely frustration-free work environment. Recognise that frustrations can get in the way of both personal and organisational goals - while the frustration may be primarily impacting the person, it’s likely to be flowing through to team and organisational performance.  All frustrations can be reduced - you may not be able to completely remove a frustration, but there are always creative ways of reducing the impact. Provide an opportunity for people to discuss frustrations and be heard - start with your own people and simply ask them “What frustrations are getting in the way of you doing your job well?” Allow people to connect with others - as you seek to remove frustrations it’s helpful to see how others are dealing with and working around the frustrations. Equip people to continuously improve - give people the authority to make changes and improvements that will reduce frustrations for themselves and customers.    Hopefully you found this episode helpful - if you did, remember to share it with others. I’ve listed the three references used in the show notes. Remember to head to the Leadership.Today website for other episodes, to connect via our monthly newsletter, and there’s even a link to follow me on the social media equivalent of a sensible family car - LinkedIn. Have a great week.   References   Lewandowski C. (2003) Organizational Factors Contributing to Worker Frustration: The Precursor to Burnout. 30 J. Soc. & Soc. Welfare 175    Suzy Fox  Paul E. Spector (1999) A model of work frustration–aggression. Journal of Organizational Behaviour Volume 20, Issue 6   Wei Wang, Yi Wang, Yi Zhang, Jing Ma (2020) Spillover of workplace IT satisfaction onto job satisfaction: The roles of job fit and professional fit. International Journal of Information Management Volume 50, February 2020, Pages 341-352 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S026840121831257X    

"If It’s Not Personal, It’s Not Art" The Oakland-born Bill Champlin’s High school band The Opposite Six became Sons of Champlin in the mid '60s and if you’re familiar with rock and roll history, being in a band in the bay are in the mid '60s—well, that was pretty much the sweet spot. Sons of Champlin shared bills with the Grateful Dead, The Band, Jefferson Airplane and Country Joe and the Fish. A gifted pianist, vocalist, guitarist and songwriter, it didn’t take long for everyone to want the services of Bill Champlin, After a handful of excellent albums with Sons of Champlin, Bill left the band and from there his list of musical accomplishments is so extensive if they were listed on LinkedIn, LinkedIn would break. I can’t list them all here, so let me give you a partial list: Champlin has worked with REO SPEEDWAGON, DAVID FOSTER, BARRY MANILOW, ELTON JOHN, AMY GRANT, PATTI LABELLE, THE TUBES and BOZ SCAGGS. He won a couple of Grammys—one for co-writing "After The Love Has Gone" which was made massive by Earth Wind And Fire, and another for co-writing “Turn Your Love Around,” which George Benson made an eternal classic. That would be enough for anyone, but Champlin just kept going. He joined Chicago in '82 and with that band Champlin co-wrote and sang on tracks like 'Hard Habit To Break' and 'Look Away." Champlin has appeared on hundreds of songs that are still blasted across the airwaves every single day. Put it this way, whenever you walk into Whole Foods and music is playing? Chances are, Bill Champlin is on that song. Champlin has put out 10 solo albums and his new one Livin' For Love is out at the end of this month. It’s his first album in 10 years and Champlin describes it as the best record he’s ever made. Hard to argue with that. It’s a stunner—featuring incredible arrangements, stirring vocals and poignant and powerful songwriting, Bill Champlin has never sounded better. In this conversation, Champlin talks to Alex about Donna Summer, Fall Out Boy and how art should be personal. He also talks about his friendships with folks like David Foster and Peter Cetera, his take on CCR and his love of stacking guitars in the studio.

1 - I Have News for You - Roy Milton And His Solid Senders – 19512 - Just Break the News to Mother - Carson Robison Trio – 19303 - Headlines in the News - Fats Waller and his Rhythm - 19414 - If It's Any News to You - Clyde Bernhardt and his Blue Blazers – 19475 - Bad News Travels Fast - Tex Atchison with Eddie Hazelwood and his Carolina Woodchoppers - 19516 - Sad News Blues - Original Memphis Five – 19237 - No News Or "What Killed the Dog" - Nat M. Wills – 19088 - Mamma Have You Heard the News - Carl Sandburg – 19479 - Bad News Baby (There'll Be No Rockin' Tonight) - Wynonie Harris – 195210 - Ohne Dich (Stormy Weather) - The Comedian Harmonists – 193311 - Weather Bird Rag - King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band – 192312 - Indoor Sports - Bert Williams – 191513 - (Just An) Error in the News - Betty Allen with the Hudson-DeLange Orchestra – 193714 - Good News - Bob Borger, Fran Frey, and Bob Rice with George Olsen and His Music - 192715 - Good News - Dave Kalpan and his Orchestra – 192616 - Let's Break the Good News - Fats Waller, his Rhythm and Orchestra – 193817 - Let's Break the Good News - Fud Candrix mit seinem grossen Tanzorchester – 193818 - Stand By For Further Announcements - Hal Derwin with Shep Fields and his Rippling Rhythm – 1939

Sarah and Katie (who had COVID-19 in July) talk with three women about their experiences with COVID-19 and their returns to running after the illness. The women detail: -their myriad symptoms and the progression of them; -numerous lingering side effects; -their return to exercise, which, for one ultrarunner, meant 40 minutes to cover a flat ¼-mile; -fire-like feelings in their lungs after formerly “easy” runs; and, -their anecdotal advice on prevention and treatment. In the introductory chitchat, the co-hosts talk up AMR’s OUTRUN 2020 New Year Eve Virtual 5K. The conversation turns to COVID at 6:55. When you shop our sponsors, you help AMR. We appreciate your—and their—support! See where you can go with a NordicTrack treadmill with iFit technology at NordicTrack.com Prioritize your pleasure: Get a 30-day free trial at DipseaStories.com/amr Bring your family closer together: Save $10 at Storyworth.com/amr Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Aziz Gazipura is the founder of the Center For Social Confidence, host of Shrink for the Shy Guy podcast, and bestselling author of “Not Nice”. I have a 2-part question for you today: would you consider yourself a perfectionist and, do you have aches or pains you struggle to fix? If those two things seem unrelated, check out Dr. Aziz’s story of losing his ability to walk at age 15, and the autoimmune disease that caused a lifelong struggle with chronic pain until a discovery about the relationship between his mental and physical states changed everything. Find out what Dr. Aziz uncovered about the mind-body link between his perfectionism and his pain, and the healing journey that led to one of his greatest physical achievements just this past summer. Plus, hear how he’s using what he learned to help others achieve their own holistic “mass liberation,” and find out exactly what that means. ResourcesGet Dr. Gazipura’s gift here: https://www.socialconfidencecenter.com (5 Steps to Unleash Your Inner Confidence) The 12 GFR Commandments - https://gfr.life/12c (download your own copy now) https://gfr.life/squad (Join the GFR Squad) - get started for just 20 Bucks! Plus get access to the Squad exclusive video “THow to Know If You Are Wearing a “Mask” & If It’s Causing You Pain” with Dr. Aziz Gazipura Did you enjoy the podcast?If you liked this episode let me know! Reviews for the podcast on iTunes are much appreciated! This helps us reach entrepreneurs just like you to be unapologetically themselves. If you received value from this episode, it would mean the world if you could take a moment and leave your 5-star rating and positive review. You can do that by https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/get-f-ing-real/id1464530109 (visiting right here)https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/get-f-ing-real/id1464530109 (.)

When a mysterious illness blinded him at age 25, British naval officer James Holman took up a new pursuit: travel. For the next 40 years he roamed the world alone, describing his adventures in a series of popular books. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast, we'll describe Holman's remarkable career and his unique perspective on his experiences. We'll also remember some separating trains and puzzle over an oddly drawn battle plan. Intro: David Tennant's 2008 turn as Hamlet enlisted the skull of composer André Tchaikowsky. For J.B.S. Haldane's 60th birthday, biologist John Maynard Smith composed an ode to Struthiomimus. Sources for our feature on James Holman: Jason Roberts, A Sense of the World: How a Blind Man Became History's Greatest Traveler, 2009. James Holman, The Narrative of a Journey Through France, etc., 1822. James Holman, Travels Through Russia, Siberia, etc., 1825. James Holman, A Voyage Round the World, 1834. Sarah Bell, "Sensing Nature: Unravelling Metanarratives of Nature and Blindness," in Sarah Atkinson and Rachel Hunt, eds., GeoHumanities and Health, 2020. Eitan Bar-Yosef, "The 'Deaf Traveller,' the 'Blind Traveller,' and Constructions of Disability in Nineteenth-Century Travel Writing," Victorian Review 35:2 (Fall 2009), 133-154. Pieter François, "If It's 1815, This Must Be Belgium: The Origins of the Modern Travel Guide," Book History 15 (2012), 71-92. Joseph Godlewski, "Zones of Entanglement: Nigeria's Real and Imagined Compounds," Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review 28:2 (Spring 2017), 21-33. Rebe Taylor, "The Polemics of Eating Fish in Tasmania: The Historical Evidence Revisited," Aboriginal History 31 (2007), 1-26. Mark Paterson, "'Looking on Darkness, Which the Blind Do See': Blindness, Empathy, and Feeling Seeing," Mosaic: An Interdisciplinary Critical Journal 46:3 (September 2013), 159-177. Keith Nicklin, "A Calabar Chief," Journal of Museum Ethnography 1 (March 1989), 79-84. Robert S. Fogarty, "Rank the Authors," Antioch Review 65:2 (Spring 2007), 213. Daniel Kish, "Human Echolocation: How to 'See' Like a Bat," New Scientist 202:2703 (April 11, 2009), 31-33. Robert Walch, "As He Alone 'Sees' It," America 195:17 (Nov. 27, 2006), 25-26. Anne McIlroy, "James Holman," CanWest News, Dec. 16, 1992, 1. Chris Barsanti, "The Blind Traveler," Publishers Weekly 243:18 (May 1, 2006), 46. Elizabeth Baigent, "Holman, James (1786–1857), traveller," Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Sept. 23, 2004. My Futility Closet post on echolocator Ben Underwood. Listener mail: "The History of the Slip Coach," Ruairidh MacVeigh, June 27, 2020. "By Slip Coach to Bicester," video of the last slip coach in operation. Wikipedia, "Slip Coach" (accessed Nov. 25, 2020). "Slip Coaches," Railway Wonders of the World, June 21, 1935. "2 Bedroom Restored Slip Coach in Saltash, St Germans, Cornwall, England," One Off Places (accessed Dec. 3, 2020). From listener Aleksandar Ćirković: The 19:38 train departing the main station at Nuremberg each day splits in four. This week's lateral thinking puzzle was contributed by listener Marie Nearing, who sent this corroborating link (warning -- this spoils the puzzle). You can listen using the player above, download this episode directly, or subscribe on Google Podcasts, on Apple Podcasts, or via the RSS feed at https://futilitycloset.libsyn.com/rss. Please consider becoming a patron of Futility Closet -- you can choose the amount you want to pledge, and we've set up some rewards to help thank you for your support. You can also make a one-time donation on the Support Us page of the Futility Closet website. Many thanks to Doug Ross for the music in this episode. If you have any questions or comments you can reach us at podcast@futilitycloset.com. Thanks for listening!

You were probably very happy when you got married.  You believed the happiness would always be there.  And now, your spouse is saying, “I’m not happy.”  Embedded in that seems to be some idea that you are the cause of it.  That you failed at keeping your spouse happy. No surprise.  Many people fall for this lie.  They don’t know it is a lie.  They believe it.  That a spouse should make you happy. Somehow, it is in the job description for a spouse.  They should make you happy. There is only one (little) problem with this… it is impossible! You can’t make your spouse happy.  And your spouse can’t make you happy. Sure, you can certainly make each other miserable.  But happy?  Nope.  Not possible. Even if you thought you made each other happy before.  Sure, you may have been happy.  And your relationship may have seemed to be a source of joy.  But your spouse couldn’t and didn’t make you happy (nor could/did you make your spouse happy). It is an impossibility.  But it is one of the major lies people believe about marriage. Which is why people are in trouble when they realize that a spouse is not making them happy.  Instead of seeing it for what it is… a lie… they think it is a failure of the spouse — even of the marriage!  Proof that the marriage is headed for failure. Except, it was all a lie.  Not the marriage!  The belief that a spouse would make you happy (and vice versa). Don’t believe the lie!  Learn the truth in this episode of the Save The Marriage Podcast. RELATED RESOURCES: Lie #1: If It’s Work, It’s Wrong Lie #2:  Spouse Should Meet Your Needs Lie #3:  Disagreement Is A Sign Of Trouble Lie #4:  Marriage Is 50/50 Grab The Save The Marriage System

Importance of Female Role Models Jacob grew up surrounded by three strong sisters and mother. From a young age, he saw them as role models of strength and courage. Today, as a father to four daughters, Jacob says he knows he’s not someone his daughters can aspire to be because they’ll always see him as a man, as their father. He shares he’s constantly looking for strong women to point to because having been surrounded by strong women his whole life, he wants his daughters to have the same.  Exercising Your Strengths “It’s about putting in the time and being patient. Let your body adapt to gradually increasing stimuli.” — Jacob For Jacob, he had spent the majority of his childhood running 5Ks and 10Ks. It wasn’t until later in life when he learned of his uniquely high VO2 max and lactate threshold which gift him with having more endurance. That’s when he learned about marathons and later ultras. That’s where he found his strength.  As a coach, he shares that the greatest opportunities to improve as athletes are in aerobic development. “So many people focus too much on anaerobic and not enough on aerobic. Perhaps the best way to find out where your talents and strengths are is to focus on building your aerobic base. Build your lungs.” He also discusses what it’s like to explore new activities like trail running. He says you can start small by doing your easy runs on trails first, then introduce strides or hill repeats on trails. A good indicator of where you’re performing at your strongest is how well you’re feeling during certain workouts but also paying attention to how quickly you recover.  Who is Tommy Rivs? The largest part of Jacob’s story is his brother Riv’s recent illness. Rivs is Jacob’s younger brother. An ultra-marathoner with a big beard and an even bigger heart.  “He’s just a very kind soul. A renaissance man of some sort,” says Jacob. Rivs speaks multiple languages including sign language and French. He makes videos with iFit so people can run while learning about different cultures. He’s a husband, father, and helps others with their running journey through his physical therapy practice. Rivs and Jacob were even training to qualify for the Olympics. But earlier this year while in the Grand Canyon, Rivs got sick and couldn’t get out. He was coughing blood and thought he might have COVID-19 so he self-isolated for two weeks until he got too sick and his wife took him to the hospital. After many tests, it was discovered Rivs has a rare form of lymphoma. He went from being a world-class athlete to being on life-support for over three months, in a coma, and paralyzed.  Jacob shares Rives is now out of the ICU and is undergoing chemotherapy. He’s in a rehab facility to help him regain strength and mobility before undergoing a bone marrow transplant. In the past months, Jacob helped put together a Run with Rivs Challenge, which the running community around the world showed support for. Organizing this helped give Jacob a sense of meaning and purpose since he’s not able to physically be near Rivs or his family due to COVID travel restrictions since Jacob lives in Canada.  Paradigm Shift For Jacob, the whole experience with Rivs has increased his sense of empathy toward what others are going through and a deeper appreciation for the human experience. “Like most runners, I pride myself in being independent and low maintenance. But this experience has exposed my vulnerabilities, fears, weaknesses, blind spots, and given me a new appreciation for humanity and the running community,” Jacob says. Ask for Help “It’s ok to not have all the answers and to ask for help. I think this is particularly helpful for men to hear because we spend so much of our lives believing we have to be strong and independent, and it is our responsibility for others to rely on us— not the other way around. We can become better people through these tough times.”   Resources: Jacob’s Instagram  Jacob’s Peak Run Performance  Tommy Riv’s Instagram  Tommy Riv’s Facebook  Thank you to my wonderful sponsor Tracksmith, Athletic Greens, and Inside Tracker for sponsoring this episode of the Running for Real Podcast.   Tracksmith is a Boston based running clothing company that truly cares about the quality and care of their running clothes. Running can be a demanding lifestyle for our clothes, they definitely go through the wear and tear to where we may be purchasing new clothes constantly. Tracksmith designers truly work with the finest materials and think of you as a runner in mind with spots for your keys, phone, and fuel. Not to mention they have their fall collection out! You can also go here to check out my favorites! You can get $15 off your purchase of $75 or more, click here and enter code FORREAL15.   Athletic Greens is a simple and easy way to get 75 vitamins, minerals, and whole food source ingredients. Just to help my immune system be stronger and greater! It is so simple to do and it taste good as well. I used this for my prenatal and I am still using it while breastfeeding. Now you can get up to a YEAR supply of Vitamin D3 and K2 for free with your first purchase of  Athletic Greens through my podcast. Visit here to learn more!   InsideTracker has been a sponsor and also a dear friend that has helped me SO much in my past when my body was just not right. I count on Inside Tracker to help me decipher the science behind it all. As Running4Real listeners they are wanted to give you all the deal of the year, to take control of your health and wellness. You can get $200 OFF the ultimate plan which is their most comprehensive plan. Go here and use code: GIFTFROMRUNFORREAL for this amazing deal.   Thanks for listening! I hope you enjoyed today's episode. To share your thoughts: Leave a note in the comment section below. Join the Running for Real Facebook Group and share your thoughts on the episode (or future guests you would like to hear from) Share this show on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, or Pinterest. To help out the show: Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews will really help me climb up the iTunes rankings and I promise, I read every single one. Not sure how to leave a review or subscribe, you can find out here. Thank you to Jacob, I look forward to hearing your thoughts on the show.

Sarah and Dimity gab with three women who have learned to love the treadmill, including a trainer (and mom of 4!) who leads iFit workouts around the globe for NordicTrack. Hear: -how the treadmill helped one woman shave 75+ minutes of her marathon PR; -why one desert-dweller wished she’d purchased a treadmill sooner; -why a treadmill was “a total game-changer” for a medical resident (and his wife!); -how doing speedwork on a treadmill “makes a workout just fly by”; and, -how one mother runner creatively chunks up her long treadmill runs. Dimity sings the praises of her NordicTrack S22i bike before the first guest joins at 10:35.   Special thanks to NordicTrack for supporting this bonus podcast + Another Mother Runner. See where you can go with a NordicTrack treadmill with iFit: Visit NordicTrack.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of the Sterling College Chapel Podcast, Guest Speaker Cheri Busenitz brings a message titled "If It's Not Wise, It's..." Cheri Busenitz is the Ministry Coordinator at New Anthem Church in Park City, Kansas. Sterling College is a private, Christian, four-year liberal arts college located in Sterling, Kansas, with a mission "to develop creative and thoughtful leaders who understand a maturing Christian faith." For more information, please visit us at www.sterling.edu.

Once again, she is the hero we need. Too often, she has pulled us from the brink of disaster. Today, she will be celebrated. We can only hope to live up to her example. 01. Remove 45 feat. Styles P, Talib Kweli, Pharoah Monche, Mysonne, Chuck D - De La Soul 02. Ultra Black - Nas 03. Say Peace feat. Black Thought - Common 04. Spring Step - Omar 05. Sweet Power Your Embrace - James Mason 06. Hambone Cappuccino - Theo Parrish 07. If It's Good - Raphael Saddiq 08. Love Is Stronger Than Pride (Kaytranada Edit) - Sade 09. We Do It (Jazz Spastiks Remix) - Slum Village 10. The Mecca feat Nas, Dave East,Styles P, GhostFace Killah, Remy Ma - RahdaMUSprime

Hey Girl Hey! Welcome to Season 2, Episode 4 "Trick or Treat: Harnessing Fear for Good"This week is Halloween week, so we're keeping the conversation going about the things that scare us. We're talking about what scares us and what we've learned from it. Here's a summary of the lessons that we shared:Lesson #1. Normalize fear. Lesson #2: Use fear's energy for good. Lesson #3: Allow fear to guide us toward enlightenment. Lesson #4: Gain clarity on what’s important from our fears. Lesson #5. Discover our courage by addressing our fear.The mantra from today's Word with Maaden was, "Let go, and let God." Our toxic and unhealthy fears represent our distrust of God to take care of our every need, or our belief that He doesn’t have good plans ahead for us. I encourage you to spend some time this week meditating on what the inspired word of God has to say about fear. Not sure where to start? Some verses that contain ‘fear not’ include Isaiah 41:10 (“Fear not, for I am with you”); Joshua 1:9 (“Do not be afraid…for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go”); and 2 Timothy 1:7 (“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”). This week's question of the episode was: What are you giving to God this week?As always, thank you for listening and we hope this conversation has helped you! If It has, leave us a 5 star rating & review. Thanks, yall!Love, Maaden

Hey Girl Hey! Welcome to Season 2, Episode 3 "Scary Conversations: Navigating Difficult Topics"I know we have all had to have difficult conversations. From family meetings, to breakups, to resigning from a job -- most of us can think back to a time when we've anxiously prepared for or had a difficult conversation. Yet, the fact remains that it is imperative for us to hold space for these tough conversations, so today we are going to share five (5) tips for Navigating Difficult Topics. Bad news first. Tough messages should be clearly stated upfront. Set realistic goals. Things don't always change with a single conversation, but it's a step in the right direction. Avoid the blame game: The goal isn't to judge who is at fault, but to help manage better outcomes in the future.Summarize: Paraphrase for clarity and to let people know you’re really listening, summarize what you hear and understand.Look ahead: Put the difficult conversation in perspective by thinking ahead to the future. The conversations that are hardest right now will seem less daunting.Above all, it's important that we make the time to process, and prepare, and then have the courage to begin the conversation. The scripture from today's Word with Maaden was “When they deliver you over, do not be anxious or worried about how you are to speak or what you are to say, for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour” Matthew 10:19-2 Which brought me to the thought there might be one more tip for navigating tough topics, which is that we should always pray first. Before your next tough conversation, ask for God's Holy Spirit to guide your words, open your ears to hear, and soften the heart of the recipient to be receptive. This week's question of the episode was: What's an uncomfortable topic that you've recently raised -- or will need to broach with someone soon? And if it's upcoming, will you plan to go about it any differently?As always, thank you for listening and we hope this conversation has helped you! If It has, leave us a 5 star rating & review. Thanks, yall!Love, Maaden

This week we were lucky to have the new owner of Nicoles House of Beauty on the show! Our show started with everyone explaining a bad decision we made while Intoxicated. Then It went left and right... We tapped Into when Its appropriate to bring the new boo around the children... and If It's a such thing as having a "man to man" talk when Introducing the new boo to the family. Nicole was treated like family and thrown right Into the madness. After finding out about Nicoles career on the road, we learned about the 4th generation family "House of Beauty." January 2021 we can expect major things In this 3 story BLACK OWNED, FULL SERVICE SPA! Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=AEECP3UZCDQGS&source=url)

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What if one question could revolutionize your life right now?  You might be thinking, “whatever, Petty--you and all the other schmucks out there pitching silver bullets and fool-proof lifehacks.” I get it; that’s my response, too, to promises of instantaneous life change. But--and again, I realize this is what they all say--this is different. Stay tuned to see if I’m full of it or if there’s really something useful here. Fair warning: At face value, the question I’ll share is simple, but using it to change your life is far from easy. It takes guts and commitment. So buckle up, buttercup--you might just be on the brink of something extraordinary.    Wait. Why Are We Doing This? Oh right.  More often than not, it takes a life-or-death crisis to wake us up to the fragility of Life and the inevitability of Death. Sometimes, when confronted with such a crisis, we make dramatic and durable changes. That happened to me, and I share that part of my story in episode 001: You’re Dying: How to Make the Most of It.  But I think it’s tragic to wait until crisis strikes to make those changes. By then it’s often a case of too little, too late. So I created this podcast to help us all develop the habit of proactively confronting our Mortality to harness its motivational power RIGHT NOW--before crisis strikes and we’re left with no choice. To let regular contemplation of our Mortality keep what matters most on the top of our minds. And to assemble a toolbox that helps us put this mindset into action in the real world.  Then, we can make more mindful choices in the moment about how we spend our time, with whom, and doing what, and we get the kick in the butt that we usually need to bring our best gifts into the world today rather than the ever-elusive “tomorrow.”   If It’s Hard for Them... All of the guests on this podcast have had shocking encounters with Mortality. And each of them attests to the fact that it’s STILL hard for them to remember what matters most and keep the main thing the main thing. If it’s hard for them, then it’s going to be way harder for any of us who haven’t yet had such encounters.  BUT, with practice, we can approximate the effect of a real encounter with Mortality by consistently and proactively confronting our Mortality. For me and for you listening today, this podcast is part of that consistent practice.    Tools for Your Toolbox Hopefully, you’ve tuned in to some or even all of the episodes so far. Hopefully, you’re catching on to the power of this rare conversation and taking first steps toward some real-world changes in your life as a result. But there can be a big gap between buying into a concept and knowing how to act on it here and now. So, all of the solo episodes I’ve produced so far provide you with tools for bridging the gap between concept and application. Tools to help you become the person you were MADE to be and live the life you were MADE to live. Today’s episode equips you with another tool for your toolbox. And it might be the most useful one yet.     This is a Message Just for Us BTW, I’m not at all sure that a podcast like this or a tool like the one I’m going to share with you today would make much sense in many other parts of the world--where because of poverty, famine, war, and other menaces, Death is a daily part of Life. For those of us in the “developed” First World, though, we have the mixed blessing of being pretty insulated from Death. It’s not usually all around us. But the downside of that insulation is that we lose sight of Mortality and slip into auto pilot. As Joe Harsel said in episode 11, “being on autopilot robs us of life.” When Death does show up, we’re shocked--as if this unwanted visitor was somehow going to skip us.  And those of us in the developed “First World” face another problem that many others in the world don’t. Where others have a scarcity of opportunity, we often have a glut of opportunity. In the face of so many options, we often take the path of least resistance and settle into lives that fall well short of our unique purpose in the world. When we do that, we’re robbed of the incomparable satisfaction of doing what we were made to do and the rest of the world is deprived of your greatest gifts.    Who Will You Be? Let’s not be counted among those who are surprised when Mortality shows up. Let’s be counted among those who greet it with, “Hi, I’ve been expecting you” and can honestly say that we did everything we could to leave it all out on the field of life before Death arrived.    Get Where You Want to Go More Quickly Before we turn the corner in this conversation and move on to the question that changes everything, I want to say this: Embracing the “mortality mindset” that this podcast champions can change your life. But nothing is as transformational as enlisting a trusted, confidential, objective partner to help you do that. That’s what I do as a coach. I bring my curiosity, gifting, training, and genuine desire for you to be all that you can be to a powerful partnership that gets you where you want to go more quickly than you could on your own. We talk. You gain insight. You put your insight to work in the real world. And step by step, day by day, you transform yourself into the person you were made to be. It’s not magical, but it is absolutely effective.  We can do that 1-1 in a variety of ways, and you can also enlist a small group of confidential partners and my focused input as your coach to help you in that journey. The Graveyard Group is a mastermind I’ve created that helps you operationalize this mortality mindset on a regular basis. You meet weekly with your five fellow group members to work on the big stuff--the stuff that would become your biggest deathbed regrets if you didn’t take care of it now. Not whether you should buy the blue or the red truck--as important as that might be. But how you mend the broken relationship. How you fulfill the dream you’ve always had but haven’t had the guts to pursue yet. How you become the dad to your kids that you never had when you were growing up. Just like 1-1 coaching, it isn’t magical--it’s messy and non-linear, just like life--but it simply works.  No one’s out there looking for a life coach. I’m not even interested in finding a life coach for myself. But I AM very interested in getting even better results in my life in a few key areas. And 1-1 and group coaching are super-efficient and effective ways to get those results.  You and I might be a great fit to work together. The Graveyard Group might be just the thing you need right now to get where you want to go. Visit digdeepwinbig.com to learn more about both of these.    Without Further Ado: The Question That Changes Everything Many of us are familiar with a question like, “What would you do if you found out you only had six months to live?” Our responses usually include get our affairs in order, spend quality time with those closest to us, check off some bucket list items, enjoy more sunsets, etc. It’s a fast-paced farewell tour before we ride off into the eternal sunset.  I think an even more interesting and useful question, though--and the tool I want to give you today--is this: “If you knew you were going to die exactly 5 years from now, what would you do differently today?”    The Value of 5 With five years to live, we’ve still got bills to pay, a roof to keep over our head, food to put on the table. We can’t just have an extended farewell tour. We can’t just prepare to die because there’s still a fair amount of living to do.  This 5-year timeframe clarifies priorities, prompts us to take “risks” that we’ve been reluctant to take, and reveals ways in which we’ve been frittering away our lives unprofitably. With five years to go, we have some runway we can use to write an exceptional end to our earthly story.  Alternatively, of course, we could circle the wagons and hunker down, fearfully waiting for the inevitable. What a tragedy!  But for most of us, I think that the 5-year death sentence would light a white-hot fire under us to get after it.   So What About You? What would you do differently now if you knew you would die exactly five years from today? Would you spend more time with your spouse and kids? Would you leave the job you hate and find the one you want? Would you finally prioritize your health? Would you reconnect with that best friend you’ve lost touch with?  Whatever your answer is...why not do it NOW? Stop and let that sink in. What is keeping you from doing those things now? We usually act as if tomorrow is assured. And it is NOT.  You may have 25 years, 5 years, or only one day left. Whether we will die isn’t in question. It’s simply a matter of when and how.  Here’s the question again: “If you knew you were going to die exactly 5 years from now, what would you do differently today?”  This question will change everything if you let it.    Tackling New Challenges Created By This Question If you have the guts to begin asking yourself this question and acting on your answers, you’ll be in for an exhilarating ride. AND, you’ll invite some other tough customers into your life in a new way--like fear, doubt, and new kinds of discomfort. As I said at the beginning, this simple question can revolutionize your life...and it’s far from easy to follow through on your answers. A few other episodes of Andrew Petty is Dying provide tools for mastering fear, doubt, and discomfort:  If fear is getting the best of you, listen to episode 005: How to Become the Boss of Your Fear.  If you’re tempted to feel like you don’t have much to offer, listen to episode 003: How to Turn Your Imperfections Into Superpowers.  If life’s stiff winds are threatening to sink your ship, listen to episode 012: How to Harness the Winds of Discomfort to Get Where You Want to Go I’m rooting for you, and I believe you have what it takes.  Remember, you are going to die. But you’re not dead yet. So get after it! Subscribe to Andrew Petty is Dying on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, & Stitcher and leave a review! Connect with me by email, or visit my website.

Business folks know the old maxim, “If you don’t have time to do it right, then when will you have time to do it over?” Experience has proven how true it is. Still, it’s often harder to figure out how to do it right the first time. Sometimes we don’t know how to do it … If It’s Worth Doing, It’s Worth Doing It Well – Season 2020, Episode 27 Read More »

In 1939, as the shadow of war spread over Europe, British stockbroker Nicholas Winton helped to spirit hundreds of threatened children out of Czechoslovakia. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll describe Winton's struggle to save the children and the world's eventual recognition of his achievements. We'll also consider some ghostly marriages and puzzle over a ship's speed. Intro: There's a "technical version" of "A Visit From St. Nicholas." Critic A.E. Wilson translated Hamlet's nunnery soliloquy into "Americanese." Sources for our feature on Nicholas Winton: Barbara Winton, If It's Not Impossible--: The Life of Sir Nicholas Winton, 2014. William Chadwick, The Rescue of the Prague Refugees 1938-39, 2010. Andrea Hammel and Bea Lewkowicz, The Kindertransport to Britain 1938/39: New Perspectives, 2012. Rod Gragg, My Brother's Keeper: Christians Who Risked All to Protect Jewish Targets of the Nazi Holocaust, 2016. Ivan A. Backer, My Train to Freedom: A Jewish Boy's Journey From Nazi Europe to a Life of Activism, 2016. Laura E. Brade and Rose Holmes, "Troublesome Sainthood: Nicholas Winton and the Contested History of Child Rescue in Prague, 1938-1940," History & Memory 29:1 (Spring/Summer 2017), 3-40. Anna Hájková, "Marie Schmolka and the Group Effort," History Today 68:12 (December 2018), 36-49. Sona Patel, "Winton's Children Share Their Stories," New York Times, July 13, 2015. "A Job Well Done; Nicholas Winton," Economist 416:8946 (July 11, 2015), 82. "Train Tribute to Holocaust 'Hero' Sir Nicholas Winton," BBC News, July 9, 2015. Alasdair Steven, "Sir Nicholas Winton," Scotsman, July 7, 2015, 34. Sarah Sedghi, "Sir Nicholas Winton, the Man Who Saved 669 Children From the Holocaust," Australian Broadcasting Corporation, July 2, 2015. "Sir Nicholas Winton," Scotsman, July 2, 2015, 42. Raymond Johnston, "Sir Nicholas Winton to Be Honored in US," Prague Post, Sept. 25, 2013. Robert D. McFadden, "Nicholas Winton, Rescuer of 669 Children From Holocaust, Dies at 106," New York Times, July 1, 2015. "Holocaust 'Hero' Sir Nicholas Winton Dies Aged 106," BBC News, July 1, 2015. Stephen Bates, "Sir Nicholas Winton Obituary," Guardian, July 1, 2015. Daniel Victor, "Nicholas Winton's 'Most Emotional Moment,'" New York Times, July 1, 2015. Jake Flanagin, "Britain’s Schindler, a Reluctant Hero," New York Times, July 10, 2014. Caroline Sharples, "Winton [formerly Wertheim], Sir Nicholas George (Nicky)," Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Jan. 10, 2019. "Sir Nicholas Winton," Biography, July 16, 2015. "Nicholas Winton and the Rescue of Children From Czechoslovakia, 1938–1939," United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (accessed Aug. 9, 2020). Winton appeared twice on the BBC1 television series That's Life!, on Feb. 27 and March 6, 1988. This video combines both appearances. Listener mail: "Did You Know Why Marrying Dead People Is Possible in France?", The Loop, Jan. 28, 2019. Lizzy Davies, "French Woman Marries Dead Partner," Guardian, Nov. 17, 2009. Wikipedia, "Posthumous Marriage" (accessed Aug. 7, 2020). Vicky Xiuzhong Xu and Bang Xiao, "Ghost Marriages: A 3,000-Year-Old Tradition of Wedding the Dead Is Still Thriving in Rural China," ABC News, April 6, 2018. Grace Tsoi, "China's Ghost Weddings and Why They Can Be Deadly," BBC News, Aug. 24, 2016. Wikipedia, "Chinese Ghost Marriage" (accessed Aug. 7, 2020). This week's lateral thinking puzzle was contributed by listener Ken Somolinos, who sent this corroborating link (warning -- this spoils the puzzle). You can listen using the player above, download this episode directly, or subscribe on Google Podcasts, on Apple Podcasts, or via the RSS feed at https://futilitycloset.libsyn.com/rss. Please consider becoming a patron of Futility Closet -- you can choose the amount you want to pledge, and we've set up some rewards to help thank you for your support. You can also make a one-time donation on the Support Us page of the Futility Closet website. Many thanks to Doug Ross for the music in this episode. If you have any questions or comments you can reach us at podcast@futilitycloset.com. Thanks for listening!

Is it fair for Seth to blame the calamari’s failure on a DOA call? What would Johnathan do with an eighth day in the week? Will Amos ever recover from his beauty parlor migraine? And will he be able to get a date now that Johnathan’s leaving town? So get ready to gossip and berate Coreen or maybe just hide in the corner with a magazine and a coffee because “If It’s Thursday, It Must Be Beverly”!

https://youtu.be/7Pqlbu5i7U0 It’s not exactly a state secret that the coronavirus pandemic has changed e-commerce and selling on Amazon. When it comes to sourcing your products, that ecosystem has undergone similar upheavals. Today on the AM/PM Podcast, Tim Jordan welcomes an expert on sourcing in Latin America to let us know about another (much closer to home) sourcing option that exists for Amazon sellers. Susana Bermudez has a wealth of experience throughout the greater “American” region. Susana says, “Mexico Is the Next China.” Who doesn’t want to hear more about that? In episode 209 of the AM/PM Podcast, Tim and Susana discuss: 03:00 - Coaching E-Commerce Sellers05:00 - “Amazon is Also for Regular People?”06:00 - After COVID, Susana Became a Resource Library for Latin America08:00 - Tim’s Latin America Sourcing Experience   11:30 - Are Products Really Limited in Latin America?16:00 - “We’re Americans”19:00 - Brazil as a Technology Hub24:00 - Capitalism – Making a Difference?  27:30 - How to Rebuild the Trust  31:00 - This is Human Labor, Not a Machine34:00 - A Little Patience is Worth It40:00 - If It’s in Latin America’s Wheelhouse, They Can Move Quickly  43:00 - Learn a Little Spanish  45:30 - Respect Goes a Long Way  51:30 - How to Contact Susana Enjoy this episode? Be sure to check out our previous episodes for even more content to propel you to Amazon FBA Seller success! And don’t forget to “join” our Facebook Group and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or wherever you listen to our podcast. Want to absolutely start crushing it on eCommerce and make more money? Follow these steps for helpful resources to get started: Get the Ultimate Resource Guide from Tim Jordan for tools and services that he uses every day to dominate on Amazon!New to Selling on Amazon? Freedom Ticket offers the best tips, tricks, and strategies for beginners just starting out! Sign up for Freedom Ticket.Trying to Find a New Product? Get the most powerful Amazon product research tool in Black Box, available only at Helium 10! Start researching with Black Box.Want to Verify Your Product Idea? Use Xray in our Chrome extension to check how lucrative your next product idea is with over a dozen metrics of data! Download the Helium 10 Chrome Extension.The Ultimate Software Tool Suite for Amazon Sellers! Get more Helium 10 tools that can help you to optimize your listings and increase sales for a low price! Sign up today!Protect Your Amazon Brand with a Trademark! Protecting your brand from hijackers is vital. SellerTradmarks.com provides a streamlined process for obtaining a trademark for your business and shielding your products from fraud!Does Amazon Owe YOU Money? Find Out for FREE! If you have been selling for over a year on Amazon, you may be owed money for lost or damaged inventory and not even know it. Get a FREE refund report to see how much you’re owed!

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At least 15% of adults will experience depression at some point in their lifetime. In many cases, the symptom of depression occurs as a direct result of specific imbalances present in the body that go undiagnosed due to the current medical paradigm of solely controlling the symptom with pharmaceutical drugs.What if you could uncover, discover and address the underlying root cause of your depression and be free from this disabling symptom once and for all? Dr. Achina Stein shares how her son went from preparing to jump to his death from a balcony to thriving in life by doing just this. Her heroic journey transformed her understanding of what true health and healing are and how they are created by addressing the root causes of disease.Key Notes:Making a mental health illness diagnosisFactors that affect mental healthTraditional medical treatment of depression with pharmacologics-is it really better than placebo?The role of root cause resolution or functional medicine in addressing mental health illness Quotes:“You can’t put a human being who’s very complex into a little box.”– Dr. Achina Stein“Foods can be poison and food can sometimes heal.” – Dr. Achina Stein“Your gut is your second brain.” – Dr. KyrinLinks Mentioned:Dr. Achina Stein’s website - https://www.achinasteindo.com/What’s If It’s NOT Depression book - https://www.amazon.com/What-Its-NOT-Depression-Solutions-ebook/dp/B082BGWVD2 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to Sophie-sticated Mom and I am your host Dr. Sophia Reed the creator of the Christian lifestyle blog sophie-sticatedmom.com I will breakdown faith based advice and make it applicable and relatable to help you on your journey on this thing called life. From relationships, purpose, parenting, being a single mom, and just good freakin advice you will learn everything you need to know to become a master of your own destiny and live the best life possible. So Welcome and enjoy. In this episode: To Read and View the original blog post Most Common Signs Of A Desperate Womanhttps://sophie-sticatedmom.com/2016/02/11/the-what-if-versus-the-oh-well-who-cares-girl/ Blogs that were mentioned in the above Podcast:Hookup To Relationship & If It’s Even Possiblehttps://sophie-sticatedmom.com/2018/01/22/hookup-to-relationship/This Is Why You Struggle With Self Confidencehttps://sophie-sticatedmom.com/2020/06/29/self-confidence/Videos Mentioned In This PodcastHow I stopped being single & desperate: https://youtu.be/NUIOcLQ-Lk0The Art of Not Giving A Crap https://youtu.be/XB0rMX4RUeYHow To Be More Confident: https://youtu.be/t93Xn1Dh3iMProducts Mention In this Podcast:Fix It Jesus For Single Women Only (paperback, ebook, audible) To buy: https://sophie-sticatedmom.com/product/christian-books-for-singles/To Get the first few Chapters free: http://eepurl.com/dI4t39 Connect with me Blog Follow me on Instagram: www.instagram.com/sophie_sticatedmomBlog: https://sophie-sticatedmom.comYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheSlreed84 Facebook www.facebook.com/SophiaReedmftTwitter @SophiaReedmft Email: sophiareed@sophie-sticatedmom.comTip jar: https://paypal.me/sophiesticatedmomSupport the show (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/sophiesticatedmom)

EP231 - The Forever Transaction author Robbie Kellman Baxter Robbie Kellman Baxter (@robbiebax) is the best selling author of “The Forever Transaction” and “The Membership Economy.” She has become a well known subject mater expert on subscription and loyalty programs. In this broad ranging interview, we discuss well known subscription based brands including Dollar Shave Club, Blue Apron, Stichfix, BirchBox, and Netflix. We also cover issues including subscription fatigue, cancelation friction, and Rundles. You can find out more about Robbie’s consulting work and her podcast at her website. Disclosure: links to Amazon are affiliate links. Don’t forget to like our facebook page, and if you enjoyed this episode please write us a review on itunes. Episode 231 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded live on Thursday, July 30st, 2020. Transcript Jason: [0:24] Welcome to the Jason and Scott show this is episode 231 being recorded on Thursday July 30th 2020 I’m your host Jason retailgeek Goldberg and as usual I’m here with your co-host Scot Wingo. Scot: [0:38] Hey Jason and welcome back Jason Scott show listeners We are continuing our I’m doing air quotes you can’t see me Summer of awesome guests and we’re really excited to welcome to the show Robbie Kellman Baxter. Robbie has a ton of experience working in the trenches at subscription companies and is leverage those experiences to write two great books that we strongly recommend the first was published in 2015 called the membership economy and then she has a new book that’s hot off the presses came out in March so good timing with covid I guess and that’s called the forever transaction welcome to the Jason Scott show Robbie. Robbie: [1:16] Thanks so much for having me. Jason: [1:18] Robbie we are thrilled to have you on the show is you know it’s a little bit of a tradition on this show we like to get to know a little bit about the guest Scott obviously already mentioned your books but can you give us a little bit of background about how you sort of got in the world of marketing and subscriptions. Robbie: [1:36] Yeah well it I guess it’s you know I’ve been in marketing for most of my career but my Consulting in the subscription while and I was a product manager for about five years after business school and then I got laid off what I was on maternity leave with my second child and I decided during that time that I need to be independent and able to manage my own career and my own income as a consultant and very soon after that I realized that if you want to thrive as a consultant you really need to have an area of expertise so I was trying to figure out what is big enough that it could juicy enough that I could be interested in it for a long time and it would be valuable to people but also narrow enough that I could credibly. Say I was an expert and then my I think it was my fifth client you know the first for clients I was really just trying to pay the mortgage and provide some value but the fifth client was Netflix. And I just fell in love with the business model I’d already fallen in love as a consumer I loved three out at a time which it was back in the day but as a business person I love the recurring revenue and the focus on the long-term with the customer and that’s really where I got interested in you know what I’ve come to call the membership economy. Jason: [2:57] Yeah I understand that investors have one of the recurring business model of Netflix as well. Robbie: [3:03] Yeah everybody loves the recurring Revenue you know that the valuations are you know whatever 5 to 7 x what their transactional episodic counterparts get which is pretty much making every business interested in subscriptions it’s kind of crazy. Jason: [3:22] Yeah yeah I feel like it was already hot pre-pandemic and then if anything the pandemic is only accelerated that conversation I know Scott’s eager to jump in to Netflix but I do want to just say that that seemed like super morally dubious to lay you off while you’re on maternity leave and legally perilous I would imagine but I’m I’m glad it had a such a good outcome though. Robbie: [3:44] So interestingly are you know at the time very disappointingly it’s completely legal if there are other people who are being in a group lay off in a mass layoff if there are other people late being laid off who are not. Pregnant or just coming back from maternity leave and there are also people who are pregnant or on maternity leave who are not laid off then they’re completely good, it’s only if the only people being laid off are the ones with the big bellies. Jason: [4:14] Yeah fair enough it’s crazy because I’ve done some studies and it turns out a hundred percent of people have a mom so it seems weird that we wouldn’t treat. But Scott did you have a Netflix specific question. Scot: [4:29] Yeah give us a time frame on Netflix was this kind of when they were moving from DVD to streaming or were they well into streaming when you’re there. Robbie: [4:37] It was before both of those things it was when the three DVDs out at a time and, other parts I was in the working in the marketing organization under Leslie Kilgore and Jesse tights Becker. But this you know it often other parts of the organization they were thinking about what was going to come next and how could they continue to be relevant and provide you know when I think about what Netflix does it’s you know. Large selection of professionally created content delivered with cost certainty in the most efficient way possible so at that time it was three DVDs out of it the time being the most efficient way possible but they were already looking at what is the next most efficient way possible going to be so streaming and downloading and you know going through consoles versus going through your phone and all of that they were thinking about it but when I was. First working with them this is 2002-2003 they were three DVD out at a time organization. Jason: [5:37] Wow and for our gen Z listeners DVDs were these plastic circles that had a movie on them and you could actually put it in a machine and watch it they were amazing. Robbie: [5:47] And they came in the mail not not email but actual mail in a mailbox very exciting. Scot: [5:53] Yes Samuel do you have any fun Reed Hastings stories you can share with us. Robbie: [5:58] Well you know I didn’t work with with him I mostly worked with Leslie and Jesse but the thing that I remember the most about that company was how. Incredibly focused they on what they did and how not interested they were in all the shiny objects going on around them so you know people would constantly be you know I was in that working with Acquisitions you know so how do we acquire new customers and you know all kinds of crazy stuff would come in over the transom you know hey we want to give away Netflix for free to you know when you buy a puppy or we want to you know like a you know it’s whatever you know anyway everybody wanted to kind of get in on it. And they were so focused on is that the kind of customer that’s going to get value out of Netflix because if not we’re not interested and that’s really what has you know one of the things that’s really stuck with me over time is how how focused they were so narrowly on you know they weren’t they weren’t three gain video games out at a time it wasn’t you know. Getting the most new subscribers it was about finding those people that we’re going to get value and stay for a long time. Scot: [7:05] Break oh yeah so we thought we would try to break this up into kind of two parts the want to talk about a lot of the concepts in the books and then use the second half to really kind of dive into some examples so one of the things I just finished both books and I kind of read them together and even though you wrote them kind of in a 5-year separation there they really kind of hang together really well feels I’m a Star Wars fan so it feels like maybe you’re working on a Trilogy I don’t want to. Hold your feet to the fire on that but so let’s say there’s listeners out there that haven’t read the books how would you say you know that they should approach them and how do they kind of fit together. Robbie: [7:41] Yeah so I think of the membership economy as the Y and the forever transaction as the. So when I wrote the membership economy a lot of people still didn’t think that subscription was relevant to their business and so I wrote the membership economy to save this as a massive transformation that is really powerful and positive for a lot of organizations of all shapes and sizes and you. You know business leader Organization leader entrepreneur should consider it no matter where you are in your business cycle. And here’s why and then five years later I don’t have to explain to anybody the power of recurring Revenue. But what people are saying now is we tried it and it didn’t work or we’re trying it and we’re running into this problem or it used to work and now we’re running into this new challenge or we’re thinking about it but we’re not sure where to start and so the forever transaction breaks down. You know how to launch a new business with a subscription component or a membership mindset how to had a skill that business once you have product Market fit and then how to maintain a leadership position in a kind of steady state mature business that uses subscription or membership. Jason: [9:04] Yeah so I’m struggling because I’m trying to go back in time to 2015 and think about what the climate was like then but in covid it feels like I’ve spent five years in the last three months so I’m my brain is a little muddled but if I have this right like, in 2015 there were a lot of trendy new businesses that had a subscription model as a core component so I’m feeling like the meal kits were really taking off like that might have been. Robbie: [9:34] Meal kits were new Dollar Shave Club was the big one, when I was launching the book and I’m trying to remember if it made it into the book or not but that was a bit you know billion dollar acquisition by Unilever and, a real people were really starting to say wow look at that it can work in consumer products and in packaged goods and. That was you know so it was sorting you know people were starting to think about it but. Most large organizations weren’t use it you know wasn’t a core part of the strategy and there were a lot of businesses that you know weren’t really thinking about it at all yet. Scot: [10:15] And then when you look back on it, our organization still missing something or does pretty much everyone have religion because you know obviously Unilever had to buy Dollar Shave Club to get the sand P&G I think it’s taken several runs at this I don’t know if they’ve got a lot of traction with with things but. Robbie: [10:31] Yeah it’s I mean I think that the problems that are like so right now I think they’ve got religion to the extent that they’re like. Most people would say subscription you know recurring revenue is something we want and we value getting closer going direct to our to our customers is something that we value we want to do this but I think a lot of organizations still think that they can just slap subscription pricing on whatever products and services they already have and call it a subscription and I feel like subscription is a pricing. Tactic it’s not by itself a strategy and I think where organizations are still missing the boat is that they. Don’t understand how it’s going to change not just marketing where you’re like on the pricing and packaging side but the product itself. And the way you sell and support that product and then of course the way you recognize the revenue on the finance side. Scot: [11:31] Yeah yeah it’s a lot it’s easy to say but then like you know how are you going to do if you haven’t had any direct relationship how are you going to do just the pricing just the hitting the credit card every 30 days and all those things that kind of come along with it. Robbie: [11:44] Yeah there’s a lot of tactical stuff you need new systems new processes you also need a different mindset because in product-centric businesses you know everything leads up and culminates in the moment of transaction right you you know awareness trial transaction. And then you go out and get another one or try to lure that person back and in a subscription model that moment of transaction is the starting line not the finish line and so everybody’s role changes it’s easier in a lot of cases to sell a subscription to acquire a new subscriber because often the prices lower and the commitment is lower but it’s easier for them to leave so you have to invest more in engagement and retention if I go buy a car if I buy a Lamborghini and I roll it off the showroom floor after giving them a check for the full amount and I keep the car in first gear and I say this is a terrible car doesn’t go fast at all. That’s my problem not the Lamborghini dealers problem if I’m subscribing to that car and keeping it in first gear. Right and I say this is a terrible car I’m going to cancel my subscription so suddenly the responsibility for engagement and usage and realizing the value goes, to the organization and away from the customer. Scot: [13:04] Seems like most people the way they stopped from you in your subscription is just to hide from you so I don’t know if that’s right. Robbie: [13:12] Hiding the cancel button yes. Scot: [13:14] Yeah call us in the near like six hours later you still are there trying to upsell you. Robbie: [13:20] Call us call us on Tuesday mail us a letter. Jason: [13:25] X effects yeah. Robbie: [13:26] Yeah right send us a fax it’s very I mean I’m I’m very anti hiding the cancel button that’s actually a lot of subscription you know I of course, involved a lot of you know subscription events and description shows and you know groups of CEOs of subscription businesses talking about best practices and often I hear them bragging about how they’ve increased lifetime customer value which of course is the key metric for any subscription they say we’ve we increased it by X percent in effect by hiding the cancel button by changing the user interface for cancellation so that it’s got more putting more friction into cancellation. And to me first of all I feel like although that’s legal and allowed it’s unethical and who wants to be in the business of making money because your customer couldn’t figure out how to get away from you and it also in the long-term I think it really has a negative impact on the brand equity on the trust that that customer has in the way that they talk about that company to their to their Network. Jason: [14:33] Yeah you know it it so it is I mean it’s a challenge because. It’s such a horrible customer experience and there’s all these reasons not to do it and and long-term Equity customer trust is so valuable like there’s a there’s a bunch of rational reasons to argue not to do it. Unfortunately. When there is an evil argument to do it that the customers that want to cancel are the least likely to come back and and so you know do we really care about creating a horrible negative experience for that particular cohort because they’re the. The least important for us to cater to. I will say one thing though it actually is start the the laws are starting to become more dubious so there is now a California law that went into effect last year for digital subscriptions that say and it’s. There’s a lot of nuance but essentially it says if you offer a digital way to subscribe to a service you must offer an equivalent Digital Way. To unsubscribe so you know a common practice is one click subscribe and then you have to call in wait in an on a phone queue for half an hour to cancel and in California that’s now actually illegal. Robbie: [15:41] Yeah and you know I’ve had I’ve had several conversations with the woman who is responsible for suing unethical subscription companies for the FTC Leslie Fair what a good name for you know real house. Jason: [15:55] A great name for a lawyer. Robbie: [15:56] And you know what she she said it’s you know we’re not you know all the questions you know I’ve spoken with her at some at some conferences and you know she gets a lot of questions like, you know what is the minimum font size for the fine print and is it okay to go silver on Gray. With you know the the font being in silver on a background of gray or what shade of grade is allowed or how many gradients of difference is the minimum and, she always says she’s like we’re not going to tell you exactly how to do it. But the goal is to be fair to the customer the customer needs to know what they’re getting into they know what they’re going to need to know what they’re going to be charged and they need to know how they can break off this contract. If they decide they no longer want to be a part of it. And yet organizations continue to be bad actors I think one one really interesting thing that I’ve noticed you know in working with a lot of different companies is that companies that are focused on Legacy or that are focused on the long-term such as family-owned businesses or closely held businesses often take more of a long-term approach than businesses that have leadership being evaluated on you know quarterly deliverables with a much shorter time Horizon the behavior towards their customers is very different. Jason: [17:13] Yeah that makes total sense so, I definitely mirror your experience I could totally see back in 2015 that there was an interesting conversation to be had about should you even have a membership program and what would that look like but but per your experience with that mental a lot of people is let’s just find a way to recurring charge to the credit card and returning ship and not think about the customer experience of membership or the value prop in a different way or all of these different things that people are doing wrong and that’s why it makes perfect sense to me that five years later you’d have to write the how book to sort of correct all those errors is that. Robbie: [17:52] Yeah exactly I mean everybody’s doing it now and they’re they’re bumping into these these problems in one example if you look at Dollar Shave Club which was of course a big deal in 2015. And what Gillette did it kind of in response and you see how if you’re a consumer product I don’t mean to pick on them but you know you look at a consumer product package goods company where there used to shipping things on pallets. Write an optimizing for you know Distribution on trucks to warehouses and then suddenly they’re sending it to Consumers right you know even if they get the package to you the package you know it’s it’s packaged like a delivery to a warehouse It’s not beautiful and fun and in frankly easy to open and also in order to have simple pricing for a consumer which is what is really in my opinion is really critical to a successful subscription you have to have some risk on the side of the company because you know your shipping costs are going to vary depending on where you’re sending it to and what the person actually needs and how frequently they need replenishment is going to change and so they ended up having a very complex solution not being able to handle returns very well. [19:12] Not being able to handle changes in the order very well because they just weren’t set up for it and those are all the elements it’s not just about you know sending the razor’s directly to the person or having a clever ad about subscription it’s about the whole supply chain and the way that the product is supported as well. Jason: [19:32] Yeah and you know what else I’ve found the you alluded to this earlier but the. Your mindset you are a different company when you’re selling that membership than you are when you’re selling the the one-time-use widget like it’s on the analogy I make sometimes is. When you’re selling a big expensive thing you have to decide really whether you’re going to be in the leasing business or the selling business and do one or the other it’s kind of hard to do both and so I think of like there are a lot of coffee companies that launched subscription services in the primary value prop was always will ship you the coffee this the same day we roast it in fact Walmart just rolled that out of all people and I used to always chuckle because you’d go to the website and they both are trying to sell the coffee as a brand and tell you to go buy it from the store where it’s been sitting on the shelf for. Weeks and then like you know 20 pixels lower on the screen there talking about how coffee sucks unless you get it the day it’s roasted and you should subscribe and it just it feels like, need to make one of those value props or the other but like you can’t put those two things side by side because they’re at cross-purposes. Robbie: [20:41] Yeah exactly and it’s so hard for organizations because a lot of them are trying to well either they’re trying to capture both values or they’re trying to transition and it’s a very scary thing when you have a successful business to move to subscription because you risk cannibalization you risk that you know losing the revenue you have from your best customers. Like let’s say that you have like let’s say that you’re a video game company and you have games that you sell for $60 a piece most of your customers by one game you have their 60 bucks though if the only people who go to your hundred dollar a year subscription or the people that are buying two games a year already, you’re going to lose money on that transition but if you keep the you know if you. Keep the two in parallel then you have to make a case that the experience of buying the game outright is no better or worse and subscribing which of course it’s going to be different so one of them is probably going to be better. Like with the coffee example so it is really tricky to make that transition especially if you already like a lot of big companies now if you already are really good at the transactional side and generate real Revenue it’s very hard to kind of navigate that transformation. Jason: [22:00] For sure I do want to get slightly back on track with a book so I did get to also read for every transaction and you there’s three main sections of the book launch scale and weed and I confess I did not read the membership economy when it came out but I’m imagining a lot of the topics in watch feel like they might be updated versions of the the why a little bit versus scaling weed being the how is. Is that true I like did some of the the wise change and did you feel like you needed to update those. Robbie: [22:36] You know. Jason: [22:37] Am I you it’s totally fine to say I’m wrong too by the way. Robbie: [22:40] Yeah well I mean it’s in Chimes I’m sorry sort of thing is it’s an interesting thing I think you know not when I was writing the book I was very worried that I was going to be regurgitating what I’d said in the first book and you know I really wanted it to be different I think that there is there is there’s a couple of chapters devoted to the Y at the beginning because I want the book to stand on its own but pretty quickly you get into I did not get into the nitty-gritty of how do you launch. Your subscription business which is actually for a lot of organizations that’s the hardest part like okay we have this Vision that we’re going to be this ecosystem for for whatever it is you know this is going to be the place where all you know ad agencies gather and share best practices and people manage their careers here and they get training and education and access to products and services and blah blah blah but today what are we going to offer because how do we get there and so that launched section I really had to break it down into what do you do if you’re launching as an entrepreneur where this is your the beginning of your business and what do you do if you actually have a going concern as we just talked about how do you how do you start and not distract the rest of the organization but quickly but also change the culture as that subscription begins to grow. Scot: [24:01] How did one of the cultural things I imagine that’s just we see this in the world of omni-channel is just sales compensation right no sales execs usually paid on the full value of a deal in an upfront and now you’ve got the subscription any best practices of how to get the sales word kind of aligned. Robbie: [24:19] Yeah it’s really hard because some in some cases I mean that especially like on let’s say the B2B side. [24:27] You know it might take a different kind you know a lot of times salesperson is a little bit of a big game hunter right and they go out and they find the woolly mammoth and you know it’s hard to kill and they bring it back to the to the cave and they tell the rest of the village like you guys deal with the carcass I’m going to go out and get another woolly mammoth. And that’s not the subscription model the subscription model is much more of a farming method where the initial acquisition is not that hard. But engaging and expanding the relationship over time is different so I think the first thing that an organization needs to do is to recognize that, it’s a very different model you know and that success is you pointed out is not just based on that moment of transaction but it’s based on the longer term. Result with that account and then to think about you know what does that mean for our existing sales team do we have the right people. And how do we transition them if so to this different model and different metrics because I think salespeople are very driven they’re very practical rational people if you know if you email them in a certain direction and say this is what we want and this is what we’re gonna pay you for that’s what they do but I think in some cases you might even need a different kind of person and you know inside sales especially right now in covid you know a lot of businesses are realizing that they can actually do a lot of their sales without an outside sales team. [25:53] Without everybody actually being you know remote and selling with a lighter touch. Scot: [25:57] It’s a bad time to be a mammoth Hunter. Jason: [26:01] Scot and I are actually old enough that we remember when people used to just bring Willie mammoths back to the cave so those were those were. Scot: [26:08] Those were the days yep the lot of it reminds me of software-as-a-service we’ve had to do the same thing in the software World years, so it’s kind of interesting that the cpg world now all the other things are coming that way so then the second part of the book is scale maybe you know obviously want to whet people’s appetite what are some of the interesting techniques for scaling these models. Robbie: [26:30] Yeah so there’s a bunch of things so there’s the infrastructure component where you have to actually you know in a lot of cases think of different technology to solve these problems you know you’re much more interested in engagement which you know a lot of companies don’t track it all like most cpgs have no idea if I’m using the same toothbrush for a year or a month, how hard I brush how long I brush what kind of brush I need so they have to you often have the technology to do a better job of tracking things differently the Oral-B is a great example of that they have a a nap that links to their their electric toothbrush which I enjoy using, so so that’s kind of a one-party sort of thinking about what kind of technology and what kind of metrics do you need to track and I think the other big thing is changing the culture you’ve alluded to this but I think this is a really big. Challenge in the scaling piece where you say Okay so the way we sell is different the way we support is different it’s kind of a move in those in the SAS world if you know that move from technical support to customer success is a very big change in the way the organization thinks about how they serve their existing customers, and you know changing that culture to be focused on the customers long-term well-being and engagement is you know a pretty big process and something that I go into a lot of detail on in that second part of the book. Jason: [27:56] That’s very clear cool it makes a lot of sense and then the third section of the book lead you talk about a lot of things that feel like they’re very much in Vogue right now like how you keep that weed or ship position as a membership service and so you know how do you deal with things like churn and subscription fatigue can you talk a little bit about some of the key themes and Lead. Robbie: [28:17] Yeah so so the company’s when I when I was writing lead the company’s I was really thinking a lot about our, the news organizations the gems the professional associations these organizations that have been membership oriented for a long time that are actually quite familiar with subscription but they’re finding in many cases like what I hear them saying over and over again is young people aren’t joiners young people aren’t readers young people don’t value loyalty and what I was seeing was not that young people were any different than people have always been but young people are making that decision for where they want to have a forever transaction to solve that long-term problem with fresh eyes and when they looked at the opportunities that they had to solve that problem whether it’s where do I go for my professional development in my Professional Network or where do I get information of what’s going on in the outside world so I can better understand my own world and make better decisions which is kind of the forever promise of news or what is the best way for me to get and stay fit which is kind of the world of gems. [29:34] These young people are these new buyers were looking at you know the gems and the association’s and the newspapers and they’re like well that’s not really the best way given what else is available for me to solve those problems you know I can look at Twitter for my news or and get you know user-generated content that’s much more current And Timely or you know I can get it for free or I can go to CrossFit instead of a traditional gym and have much better community and engagement and so. [30:03] I think at that at that lead phase I think it’s really important for organizations to balance the way they focus on existing members. And the way that they focus on tomorrow’s members and looking at acquisition and usually these older organizations are really good at engagement and retention and they’re not good at acquisition whereas I think in those first two phases you know the risk is often that they’re really good at acquisition and then they have a leaky bucket so that the issues that I see there in that lead phase are around staying relevant so iterating on their offering to stay relevant and to keep that forever promise true the way that Netflix has with you know once it was three DVDs at a time today it’s streaming but the promise is still the same. And the other thing that happens is that we’ve talked about a little bit is that in this phase it’s very tempting to take advantage of the trusted relationships to hit a short turn number. Writes all here organizations saying well we can just throw in a small fee or we can just not improve the product this year because our members are so loyal and they’re not looking at Alternatives so they’re not going to go anywhere even if we don’t give them Great Value this year. And that’ll help us hit our number. And so those are some of the issues that you know by focusing on today’s members and by taking them for granted you often. No neglect tomorrow’s business. Scot: [31:30] Yeah it’s got tricky. Interesting so so that’s super helpful and then if listeners want more than they’ve got to go get the book which we strongly recommend let’s let’s talk about some company examples now that we’ve kind of got the framework in place it wouldn’t be a Jason and Scot show if we didn’t talk about Amazon so you know as you’ve been talking about this I my mind always goes to Prime and I think Jeff Bezos said something like you’d have to be. Almost like irresponsible not to subscribe to Prime they just want to pack so much value into the program how do you view Prime and is it is it kind of the Holy Grail of these things or can you point to something you think they’ve they could have done better or where do you fall on the prime world. Robbie: [32:15] I think they’ve been really they’re a great example of this forever promise and I use them often as an example because you know today the you know they packed so much value into it you know you go there for you know certainly for the free shipping but also for the video content the audio content, and the in all of the other services that they provide but if you remember you know the the forever promise I think of Amazon is to remove all friction from all purchases right that’s kind of you know and I wonder sometimes in Jeff Bezos has world if it’s like you know I just think of a product I need and it a magically appears and I say no no that’s not what I meant and it disappears in a puff of smoke. Jason: [32:58] They actually have a patent on that. Robbie: [33:00] And. Scot: [33:02] Genie. Robbie: [33:03] The the Amazon Genie like Syria but you know the thing that that I think is, is really interesting to remember is that when they started because this gets back to that you know that launched phase when they started all they did was deliver books they made it easier for you to get the book you wanted but you have to actually wait a long time for the book and the shipping was not free so you know they’ve layered in more and more value. Overtime to better deliver on that promise of removing all friction from all buying. And so I think it’s actually a really good example and the other thing that’s interesting about it people often struggle with pricing of subscription and something that’s interesting about Amazon is that most people when I tested them they don’t even know how much they pay exactly. Yeah I think it’s is it 99 or a hundred nine or 89 or a hundred and twenty-nine I don’t really remember and that’s because as you pointed out they’ve packed so much value in that it’s they’ve really made Amazon a habit. For people that it’s the first place they go when they need to buy something. Jason: [34:12] Yeah it’s interesting there so that you may not be familiar with them but there is a a prognosticator in our industry he’s actually an idol of Scots a professor at NYU Scott. Exactly I’m teasing Scott I know you’re listening we’re just we’re just. Robbie: [34:31] Hahaha. Jason: [34:32] Um the Scot is the bane of my existence for several reasons but one is because I have a lot of clients that are um zealous followers of Scott and so one of the themes that Scott like Ruiz picked up on and started hitting hard a couple years ago was this idea that he coined of a Rundle which is a recurring Revenue bundle and so I then have to go to all these retailers and sit in on the Rundle meeting where they’re talking about like what’s our Rundle what’s our sort of recurring Revenue business that we could add on onto our thing like I’m kind of curious. Like do you agree with him and it was that in exciting thing that brought attention to it or is it oversimplifying to sort of just just think of it in terms of the revenue and not really the product in the experience. Robbie: [35:27] Yeah I mean I think that the idea is a good one and it’s a very catchy term you know Rundle I like that but I think I mean a couple things. I think that org a lot of organizations don’t there they over focus on the benefits to themselves. In terms of you know if we do this we get bigger transaction size we get more power we disintermediate all these other third parties we get recurring Revenue. And I don’t hear enough about why a customer would prefer Arundel that’s sort of the first the first issue is you know I think a lot of organizations don’t think about that very hard at all. Why would I rather subscribe to access a bundle of benefits or a bundle of products the other thing that happens a lot. [36:18] Is that you know everybody loves this idea of a subscription box that’s around Discovery versus replenishment and most people I’m get subscription fatigue from Discovery boxes they’re overwhelmed like how many how many new snack bars can I try how many different lipsticks can I own it’s a very very small audience of people that. He’s gonna want new products and exciting new things in a category every single month they often just want to you know kind of refresh and then go back to their habits and so. It’s actually pretty hard to build Arundel that’s not necessarily around around replenishment of a habit that consumers are going to want for more than let’s say you know six or seven months. Jason: [37:10] It’s funny because even my dog MacGyver is exhausted from his BarkBox. Robbie: [37:15] Ah Jason: [37:16] I know you would think of anything that like a dog would be happy to get a treat every month. Robbie: [37:20] Yeah but like and then you have what ends up happening right is and I don’t know if this is your case is that you have this pile of like doggy treats and doggy toys in your like but then the next one came and we haven’t even used up the last one. Jason: [37:32] Yeah. It’s the same thing with those those meal kit ingredients it’s it’s funny because the all of those Services were hugely in Vogue and many of them are still around but the common denominator that they all have is they have a non-recurring. Option right like just order the fix when you want it instead of getting a stitch fix every month or you know birch bark on demand or you know meal kits when you want it like it feels like per your point none of them could survive exclusively by by having the the the periodic shipment I do want to make one thing clear I feel like there could be no argument Scott has Scott Wingo are Scott has much better hair than Scott Galloway I’m just saying. Scot: [38:15] It’s a low bar the I’m a I’m curious to get your opinions in this is kind of in the free Consulting bucket so do with it what you will but I’m neck deep in kind of a digital Services startup and we’ve tried some subscriptions it’s been a little bit of a challenge and I’m wondering have you seen any best practice at practices as it relates to services. Robbie: [38:38] Yeah I mean there’s there’s a few different things one of them is to balance well. So you can have a subscription as a component of your business model or it can be the whole thing. Right so that I think is the first thing that I’ve seen with a lot of businesses so. You know you can say like for example vain the consulting firm has their net promoter is at the net promoter system loyalty Forum which is a subscription. But then there’s also you know they’re big transactions they’re big they’re big events. And a lot of organizations kind of give you a choice a hybrid If It’s All Digital Services and there’s no human component and it’s your primary revenue generator I think things that I would be focused on one is the onboarding of new members so that they adopt the habits that are going to make them stay and that are going to expand the relationship. [39:41] So a lot of you know I feel like there’s a lot of businesses where there’s almost like a failure to launch after they buy the digital service. You know it’s bought they don’t they don’t like they either. Walk into the lobby of the party and they’re like this isn’t very fun and then they leave before they even get into the room where the actual party is happening and you’re like wait you didn’t even see all the value I didn’t even see it because they couldn’t find their way to the value or they go into the room and they don’t feel welcome or they don’t understand how to enjoy it. And so they leave before they’ve ever had the ability to make it into a habit and so I think organizations under. Invest in onboarding both in the marketing around it but also in the product itself I think that’s probably the number one miss like kind of mistake or missed opportunity that I see. Scot: [40:32] Yes so so a good example is I’ll pick one away from me is home cleaning so there’s it’s companies like handy and all these folks and they’ll almost like force you into a subscription and then you can’t really sample and I’ve always felt like that feels weird right because now you’re forcing me into this just to get one house cleaning now and experience your service I have to. I feel like I’m committed and cancel so that doesn’t feel right it almost seems like what you want to do is get people you know. Trying the service and then identify a cohort that you think would be likely to subscribe to and then offer a subscription is that cam what you think would be the best practice. Robbie: [41:12] Yeah well so for the example of Handy you know I think about. You know free trial versus freemium versus nothing for free so a free trial is great if they don’t understand what the value is or they don’t believe it’s as good as you say. And so if you are trying hand in your uncle I don’t know if it’s as good as me cleaning the house myself or as good as a cleaning person or system we have now you want to be able to try it. So that you know if they don’t have the kind of brand that’s trusted or you don’t either you don’t believe it’s as good as they say it is or you don’t really understand what they’re going to do or what it’s going to feel like you need to have an opportunity to get a trial free or or a paid trial but that you know kind of one-on-one opportunity or a money back guarantee or inability to try it once and then cancel. I think that. What is good though about organizations that have discipline as they say look we’re opt let’s just say for this you know I don’t know a lot about handy but that you know people who. Only use this periodically like coming into our house that isn’t cleaned by us every week could be a disaster and much more expensive to clean but we know if we come every week, that we can manage our costs and we also know that the kind of people who take care of their homes should be cleaning their house on a regular Cadence so we don’t really want to be in the business of one-time cleaning. [42:34] So they might say you get one shot one chance to buy it outright and then you go to our subscription and they’re going to be leaving money on the table for sure because there’s all kinds of scenarios where you need a cleaning occasionally but they might say that’s not what we do just like Netflix said, you know we don’t do video game even though they’re exactly the same size as the other discs and we don’t let you buy the discs that’s just not what we do it’s too many different business models. Jason: [43:03] Although in my mind that even the business model issues aside it just does feel like, getting a customer to sign up for a subscription is a higher bar than getting customers to buy something once and so it feels like your marketing has to be different and when you act like I mean the corny analogy I always use is dating like you know asking someone to buy your product as I gassing them to go on a date with you but asking him to subscribe to your product is like asking them to marry you. Robbie: [43:32] Yeah yeah absolutely but it but in other cases you know you want to make the problem go away. Right you know I want my house to always be clean. Jason: [43:43] Yeah no I get it yeah. Robbie: [43:45] So so yeah it is it’s a higher it’s a higher bar and one of the challenges you know when I when I work with an organization and they’re saying our subscription isn’t working, kind of we do a diagnostic to look at where is the problem is the problem that the the friction is too high to get someone to sign up like it’s too much risk to commit to this new way of doing things or is the problem that once they sign up they stay for a little while and they say I’m exhausted from this like with the BarkBox or is the problem that they come in and they’re like the seems great but I don’t know why I’m not getting any value. So all of those you know those are all kind of different different scenarios. Jason: [44:23] Yeah so I’d love to get your opinion on one that’s kind of front and center in our industry right now so obviously we’ve talked a lot about Prime and it seems like an amazing example in retail there’s an even older example I think. Price Club which became Costco started doing memberships in like 1976 and that’s been a phenomenally successful model so in last couple of months there have been a number of articles that say that Walmart is about to launch a. Program and I think Jason Del Rey wrote an article that it was going to be called Walmart plus and it’s I’ve been really interested to follow it as far as I know Walmart hasn’t confirmed any of this and we don’t really know what’s what Walmart is or isn’t going to do but there’s been a lot of media attention to. [45:10] What they might do and whether that’s a good idea or not and it seems like it falls into camps there’s a bunch of people that are like this is ridiculous this is going to be a bad imitation of Prime with fewer products and slower shipping and it’s just going to be a bad look that it’s this this inferior version of prime and then a lot of other, like seemingly equally smart people have John have felt like oh my gosh super-smart for Walmart to engage they’re their most valuable cohort and you know start generating this this recurring revenue and and you know getting becoming more sticky with customers in the same way that. That a Costco are a prime is like do you I know we can’t know because we don’t know what Walmart’s off or really is or how they’re going to execute it yet but do you mean, are both of those potential outcomes does it like are you are you happy to see them seemingly move in this direction. Robbie: [46:03] Yeah I mean what I’ve been waiting for to see front but sort of two things with Walmart one of them is they’ve tried lots of other things to compete against Amazon they’ve offered some different me to Features they’ve offered some some benefits for membership and engagement but they haven’t really embraced first they haven’t really braced it as as core and the other thing is they haven’t really tapped into what makes them different from Amazon their unique strengths which is you know of course they’re physical footprint of being I don’t know what they say like within 10 miles of ninety percent of Americans or. Jason: [46:40] Yeah you have it exactly right. Robbie: [46:42] Yeah so I think I think that you know you know again all of this is kind of rumor and, conjecture but it seems like some of the benefits that they’re offering you know combining the priority slots for curbside pickup to our delivery to your home. And gas right with fuel for your car discounts on fuel those are pretty impressive headliner benefits that by themselves you know a lot of times with these kinds of bundled benefits a lot of times what people do is they do the math in their head, write like a lot of people did with Amazon prime rate like how many how many how much free ship how much should I spend on shipping before Amazon Prime pays for itself, which you know back in the early days is kind of how I think a lot of people thought about it and then Amazon layered and so much value that you’re like well I would never leave now and it’s not just about the shipping I think Walmart. Could be doing that with even just you know the discount on fuel so. I think the you know and you’re starting to see that they’re able to do some things that would be much harder for Amazon to do just because of their their physical footprint. So I’m optimistic this feels like a better a better offering than what they’ve done in the past. Scot: [48:03] Prequel how to one of the things that’s kind of nursing is so you kind of have loyalty and then subscription kind of bundled together how how do you think about the those and how they fit into this this whole framework. Robbie: [48:16] So loyalty programs you know what I always thought of as kind of the gateway to membership and it was a way for very transactional businesses very episodic businesses to smooth out the relationship with their customers to make it easy easier to get them to return and most of them did it I think in a pretty clunky way which was basically giving them, you know paying them for the frequency and depth of their purchases so it almost is you know the traditional loyalty programs like you know mileage or or you know the programs that hospitality industry has or even the old Punch Cards is basically you spend this much with us and we give you something with a real Financial value in return and. That almost feels like a financial transaction rather than really being about loyalty I don’t necessarily feel loyal to United but I’d be stupid not to get the free trips since I travel so much. [49:14] It’s not it’s not really about loyalty or engagement or preference it’s about a real Financial Arrangement whereas I think like the Costco example the price Club example which some people are calling premium loyalty programs now where you pay to be treated better because the assumption is this is a preferred place where you’re going to do a lot of shopping and you want the best possible experience it seems like a lot of organizations are moving away from the points-based loyalty programs and toward these premium loyalty programs where you pay Upfront for a bundle of benefits rather than rather than accruing benefits based on your frequency and depth of purchase. Jason: [49:54] Yeah it seems like give you can make the value proposition and make that sort of Premium loyalty work that it’s a lot more valuable I’m curious. Like if you have a pinion on like for brands that may be our only in a position to make that sort of basic transactional loyalty program work I’m really torn right now because on the one hand. I keep hearing about loyalty fatigue and everyone’s got got you know a hundred loyalty memberships in their in their household and therefore you know none of them affect behavior and and you know there are kind of a dime a dozen but then I keep I’ve been watching the space in like I think this this month Wendy’s rolled out a new points for purchase program and PepsiCo launched a points for for purchase program so I despite the fact we’re all pooh-poohing these like basic frequency programs it seems like brands are still doing them with I’m curious like do you think those are working for those brands or do you think it’s just, just in an experiment or ill-advised. Robbie: [50:58] I don’t I mean I think in many cases it’s it’s a starting point for an organization to begin building a relationship with their customers it’s a way to start you know in a lot of cases it’s just a way to start tracking Behavior at the unit at the individual level and so I understand why they would do it I don’t. You know in terms of driving loyalty you know I’m not I’m not sure that it’s the best. Kind of most sophisticated newest way to drive actual loyalty. You know it in contrast to Wendy’s you know Burger King has a subscription where you get unlimited coffee for five dollars a month. Jason: [51:39] Yeah that’s a new thing huh pant Panera is doing that as well yeah. Robbie: [51:41] Yeah there’s this nine dollars a month because it’s better coffee I guess. Jason: [51:46] Side note they open at like 9:00 a.m. so I’m not subscribing Manny any coffee Solution that’s not delivering coffee like when I wake up. Robbie: [51:54] In the morning. Jason: [51:55] Which I wish I woke up at 9 a.m. but that’s a those days are long gone I’m afraid let me ask you the most personal question of also I have a 77 year old mother last month she bought herself an Apple TV in miraculously installed it and subscribe to Disney Plus exclusively so she could watch Hamilton and I’m super fascinated to find out if she’s going to keep that subscription for years or if she’s canceling it in a month. Robbie: [52:22] Well so I’ve to thought so first of all I also have a 77 year old mom and she has dramatically changed all kinds of behaviors during this covid time and is subscribing to all kinds of new things as a result of this so This is actually a lot of organizations are having a moment right now where consumers are being forced to rethink their habits and find you know new ways of entertainment new ways to interact with their friends new ways to stay fit so it’s very exciting in the world of subscriptions for me from from that perspective in terms of Disney plus and Hamilton what’s really interesting I mean there’s a bunch of interesting things so first of all you know Disney versus Netflix you know they have a much more you know complex ecosystem of offerings and so they don’t necessarily have to make money on the Disney Plus in the same way that Netflix depends on their subscription Revenue the the Hamilton thing you know he’s shutting down the free trial because you know what it tastes like it tastes like princesses and National Geographic you don’t need to you don’t need a free taste it taste like Hamilton. And you know I think they were hoping that you know they did see a huge spike in acquisition specifically to get Hamilton but I’ve also heard a lot of people saying well you know effectively it’s 699 to rent Hamilton for the month which is still a pretty good deal. [53:49] I don’t know if Disney is fine with that but what has been surprising to me is. You know if you watch him within the recommendation that they gave at the end of it then that you know if you like Hamilton maybe you’d enjoy The Sound of Music which was sort of like if you’ve enjoyed watching 3 hours of you know Broadway musical maybe even join other three hours of Broadway musical right on its heels was really surprising to me I expected. Jason: [54:15] Kind of an underwhelming a i personalization experience isn’t it. Robbie: [54:19] Totally I was so surprised and so is lin-manuel Miranda by the way cuz he wrote you know he was like does my dad have the control at Disney. You know it’s sort of crazy and then the other thing is I haven’t gotten a lot of emails or in product engagement from them encouraging me to onboard and explore their offerings in a more sophisticated way which is which makes me think that probably a lot of people that plan to just come in you know the idea of having some kind of a teaser to get people in the door is you know you come for him Elton but you stay for National Geographic or you stay for the princesses and I don’t know if they’ve gotten enough people to make that leap. Jason: [55:01] Yeah yeah I know it’s going to be it’s going to be interesting to watch I’m with you though the it feels like lack of personalization is a huge miss here for example. Is regular listeners will know Scott is the huge Star Wars fan of all time so he’s been a Disney plus member from day one and he has no idea that they have Hamilton right and yet. Scot: [55:22] Not true not true. Jason: [55:25] But I’m just saying like. Robbie: [55:26] Disney hasn’t told. Jason: [55:27] Your lifetime spend on Disney properties I’m gonna guess greatly outweighs your lifetime spend on Broadway properties. Scot: [55:35] Probably here but I like Hamilton absolutely I think it’s fun to go from Hamilton into mantle and I think I think your grandmother should go that path. Jason: [55:43] Yeah I didn’t realize you were going to get all defensive on that you’re very cultural I wasn’t trying to imply you weren’t sorry but yeah but you could imagine I mean there are a lot of Star Wars fans that probably aren’t big Broadway musical fans and yet. They’re getting the exact same marketing experience for Hamilton as anyone else. Scot: [56:02] Yeah it’s tough when you have limited content I know we’re up against time and so part of your your gig is you do a lot of Consulting with companies on these topics maybe leave us with some parting thoughts on common pitfalls you see folks fall into or even on the other side of the coin wins for folks that want to get involved in the subscription economy. Robbie: [56:24] Yeah so I think the one thing that we haven’t really talked about a lot is this idea of I think the best subscription business is start with what I would call a forever promise what is the long-term impact that you’re helping your customer achieve what is the long-term goal that you’re helping them achieve what is the problem you’re helping them to solve that is an ongoing problem and then to optimize the offering around that problem so in your world of car washes for example right. I don’t want a faster car wash I don’t I spoke at the International Car Wash Association last year and you know one of the things that sort of shocked me is how often they talked about you know this brush takes nine minutes versus that brush which takes 10 minutes so you know we’re going to shave 37 seconds off of the experience, when I think what a carwash customer really wants is a clean car, and you know I don’t want to spend 10 minutes there or nine minutes there or 14 minutes there I want to not spend any time there and just have my car be clean. And so. Scot: [57:26] Did you mention spiffy atisha by chance someone told me someone was talking about Smith yet. Robbie: [57:31] This is like 2 years ago now now but I will in the future. Scot: [57:33] Okay okay all right yeah no thanks yeah. Robbie: [57:36] Yeah but it’s a very different model because you’re looking at it you know more aligned with how the customer sees it which is like I would rather never go to the car wash and just have little elves and fairies come and wash my car while I sleep. Scot: [57:50] I’m going to call it right here this the best guests we’ve ever had Jason. Jason: [57:54] Yeah somehow I thought you’d be aligned with that comment. No but I mean even if it is your idea it still makes total sense to me that you you sell the outcome not the service right. Robbie: [58:05] And the on yeah sorry yeah the ongoing outcome Beyond you know because if in a subscription it’s about you know I don’t want have my car be clean and be dirty I want to clean and dirty I want to just I just want to have a clean car like what what do I have to do to just have my car always be clean what do I have to do to always like in the world of you know you talked about Stitch fix or Le todor Rent the Runway what do I have to do to just always look good, professional. That’s that’s the promise I want and the closer those companies can get to you know making me always look and feel my best the more I’m going to be willing to trust them with my credit card. Jason: [58:41] Yeah and one step up on maslov’s hierarchy of needs I just want my wife to be happy and she’s only going to be happy if he has a clean car she’s only going to have a clean car if Scott comes and cleans it every week. Scot: [58:55] Yes with with an espresso. Jason: [58:58] Exactly so basically gets Biffy is selling marital happiness if you really think about it. Scot: [59:03] Yeah we we it’s I often say it’s better than a dozen roses. Jason: [59:08] We’ll listen Robbie this has been fascinating we could talk about this all week and I suspect Scott’s going to want to do that with you after the show but it is happen again we’ve used up all our allotted time as always if there any topics we didn’t get to the listeners are dying to bring up feel free to hit us up on Facebook or Twitter if you enjoy the show we sure would appreciate it if you could jump on iTunes and give us that five star review we’re not even looking for a ongoing Financial subscription commitment just a five star review. Scot: [59:39] Robbie really enjoyed having you on if folks want to follow you online and do you prefer Twitter LinkedIn Snapchat and stuff where where’s your where’s your best spot. Robbie: [59:48] I’m on all those places but I’m probably most active on LinkedIn. Jason: [59:55] Well we will put your your particulars in the show notes and until next time Happy Commercing!

 Tabrindy has a special guest this week and discusses how trauma affects relationships in the worst ways. Music: "If It's Up" Saucy Santana "Cash Rules" Jsn Wlf Hosted by: @tabriamajors & @igobymindy w/ @jsn.wlf  @thethickpodcast

Disneyland and Disney California Adventure are still closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, Downtown Disney has reopened! We answer FAQ's about Downtown Disney, specifically about parking, the new safety guidelines In effect, what stores/restaurants are open, and how to get Into them. We discuss how It feels to be back, even If It's just In Downtown Disney. For now.

The Twilight Lounge Episode 49 ~ The House Party Continues!!! Whether you like Deep, Soulful, Melodic or High Energy HOUSE , We got all the feels coming your way……. House Music LIVES at The Twilight Lounge mixed A-Live by Yours Truly, DJ Ash. Check Out the set list below: ----more----1. If It's Love feat. Laura Davie feat. The Melody Men (Extended Mix)2. Automatic feat. Fiora (The Aston Shuffle Extended Remix)3. Such A Good Feeling (Earth n Days Extended Remix)4. Freefalling (Extended Mix)5. Daisies (MK Extended Remix)6. That Feeling (Mendo Remix)7. Stupid Love (Vitaclub Warehouse Mix)8. In & Out (Extended Mix)9. Midnight (The Hanging Tree) (MK Remix) [Extended]10. I Found You (Neptune) feat. Jess Ball (Extended Mix)11. Desire (Extended Mix)12. I Gotta Know (Extended Mix)13. Touch Me (PAX & Rui Da Silva Extended Version)14. Deep End (Extended Mix)15. House Arrest (Extended Mix)16. Good Time Girl feat. Charlie Barker (BYNON Remix)17. This Is House (Marco Lys Extended Remix)18. Sing It (Extended Mix)19. Turn up the Bottle (Club Mix)20. Makusa (Groover Vocal Mix)21. Hey Hey (Riva Starr Paradise Garage Club Remix)22. The Time Is Now (Club Mix)23. The Fire (Extended)24. 1990 with BROHUG (Extended)25. Leta Leta (Original Mix)26. ENERGY (Original Mix)   Comments or Requests? Drop me a line…….DJ-Ash@comcast.net

Radio show first broadcast on The Face Radio, Brooklyn at 5:00pm ET on 05 July 2020. Also online at https://thefaceradio.com/ Track List: T. Rex – Thunderwing Funk Machine – Funk Machine Pee Wee Crayton – I Found My Peace Of Mind Bob Dylan – False Prophet John Cooper Clarke – I Don’t Want To Be Nice Jimmy Lewis – When I Build My World Kokomo – I Can Understand It Little Esther – If It’s News To You Curtis Mayfield – Freddie’s Dead (Instrumental Version) Kraftwerk – Tour De France Windel Haye – Haunted House Dee Dee Sharp Gamble – Easy Money (Todd Terje Re-Edit)

1. Dombresky – Housology 2. Hoodboi feat. LEFTI – 4ever (Extended Mix) 3. Dombresky – Trust The Process 4. Mark Knight feat. Laura Davie & The Melody Men – If It’s Love (Extended Mix) 5. Detroit Swindle feat. Lorenz Rhode – Music For Clubs 6. Pete Heller’s Big Love – Big Love (David Penn Extended Remix) 7. The Establishment – Love Like This 8. Cassian – Don’t Go 9. Scott Diaz – Second Chances 10. Moullinex feat. GPU Panic – Painting By Numbers (Art Of Tones Remix) 11. Ferdinand Weber – Alright 12. Fabich – One, Two (Extended Mix) 13. Karma Kid, Friend Within & Yasmin – Feeling (So Special) 14. Madji’k – Dancing For Heaven 15. NVOY – Make You Mine 16. esses feat. MALIKA – Trust In Me (Matt Jam Lamont & Scott Diaz Remix) 17. Detroit Swindle – The Life Behind Things 18. Gala – Free From Desire (Himan ‘Special Summer’ Mix) 19. Treasure Fingers & Ghost of Venice – Moving On (Warehouse Mix) 20. Mr. Gonzo – Soul 21. Corona – Rythm Of The Night (Blonde Version) 22. Vanilla Ice – Get It On (Scott Diaz « Hint Of Disco » Remix) 23. Cassian – Know U Well 24. David Bailey feat. Shezar x Jaybay – Get Your Body Down To The Floor (Crackazat Remix Vocal) http://www.peacebisquit.com/#/slowz/ https://www.facebook.com/slowzmusic https://www.instagram.com/slowzmusic/ https://soundcloud.com/slowz Photo Credit : Maria Vassileva

THE ORIGINAL SOUL SANCTUARY RADIO - week of June 15 ** Hosted by Your VibeMistress Stephanie Renée ** Take Me Higher - Fertile Ground Seconds [Syd The Kid rmx] - Little Dragon Be Here - Boney James ft Kenny Lattimore Lately - Kenny Lattimore Just Like My Papa - Tony! Toni! Toné! Wild Child - Tony! Toni! Toné! If It’s Good - Raphael Saadiq Excuse Me - Raphael Saadiq ft Angie Stone Trippin’ - Lucy Pearl Slow Down - Skip Marley & H.E.R. Pedal to the Metal - Raul Midón Just Right - Soul II Soul Talking Me Down - The Rebirth Dance - Louie Vega ft 3 Winans Brothers & The Clark Sisters

THE ORIGINAL SOUL SANCTUARY RADIO - week of June 15 ** Hosted by Your VibeMistress Stephanie Renée ** Take Me Higher - Fertile Ground Seconds [Syd The Kid rmx] - Little Dragon Be Here - Boney James ft Kenny Lattimore Lately - Kenny Lattimore Just Like My Papa - Tony! Toni! Toné! Wild Child - Tony! Toni! Toné! If It’s Good - Raphael Saadiq Excuse Me - Raphael Saadiq ft Angie Stone Trippin’ - Lucy Pearl Slow Down - Skip Marley & H.E.R. Pedal to the Metal - Raul Midón Just Right - Soul II Soul Talking Me Down - The Rebirth Dance - Louie Vega ft 3 Winans Brothers & The Clark Sisters